Nichols, Nichelle
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Name (Hebrew)
ניקולס, נישל
Name (Latin)
Nichols, Nichelle
Other forms of name
Nichols, Grace Dell
Nichols, Grace, 1932-2022
Nichols, Grace, 1932-
Date of birth
1932-12-28
Date of death
2022-07-30
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Acting
Dance
Occupation
Actors
Actresses
Authors
Dancers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- African American national biography, accessed March 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database(Nichols, Nichelle; Graciella Nichols; dancer, actress, writer; born 28 December 1933 in Robbins, Illinois, United States; took ballet classes at 7; learned to dance Afro-Cuban dance at 14; danced with the College Inn troupe; formed a song-and-dance duo with her husband with Duke Ellington's Orchestra; worked as a file clerk at Goldenrod Ice Cream Company; enrolled in the Cosmopolitan Law School; was headliner in Jimmy Payne's revue Calypso Carnival; cast in episode, Gene Roddenberry's The Lieutenant 1, Star Trek (1963), played part of African American woman as highly trained professional; with William Shatner made television history with the first interracial kiss in the episode titled Plato's Stepchildren (1968); played in six Star Trek movies; traveled around the country speaking on behalf of NASA)
- New York times online, July 31, 2022(Nichelle Nichols; actress; died on Saturday [July 30, 2022] in Silver City, N.M.; among the first Black women to have a leading role on a network television series; Grace Dell Nichols was born in Robbins, Ill., on Dec. 28, 1932; grew up in Chicago; revered by Star Trek fans for her role as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise; in 1977, Ms. Nichols began an association with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, contracting as a representative and speaker to help recruit female and minority candidates for spaceflight training)
- Antony & Cleopatra [VR] c1983:credits (Nichelle Nichols)
- Internet movie database, Jan. 10, 2012(Nichelle Nichols; b. December 28, 1932 in Robbins, Illinois, USA; birth name, Grace Nichols; Actress, Producer, Choreographer)