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Charles (Honi) Coles, a virtuosic tap dancer who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical "My One and Only" and whom Lena Horne once described as making "butterflies look.
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Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 - November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical precision, high-speed tapping, and a close-to-the-floor style where "the legs and feet did the work". [1]
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DATE OF BIRTH: April 2, 1911 PLACE OF BIRTH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States DATE OF DEATH: November 12, 1992 PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York, United States WIFE: Marian Edwards Coles (married in 1944) Professional Tap Dance Groups - Coles and Atkins (19 years) The Three Millers (early in his career) Filmography
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Charles "Honi" Coles was an American actor and tap dancer known for his extraordinary elegance and technical precision. He learned to dance on the streets of Philadelphia and went on to a career on stage in vaudeville and the concert world, in film, and on television. He served as president of the Negro Actors Guild and was at the forefront of.
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November 15, 2023 Charles "Honi" Coles was an American rhythm tap dancer known for his speed and sophisticated style. He was a founding member of the Copasetics, as well as one-half of the popular vaudeville duo "Coles & Atkins," whose song-and-dance routines epitomized the vaudeville class act—routines that countered blackface stereotypes.
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Charles "Honi" Coles wins the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Magix in My One and Only.
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2 Apr 1911 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Death 12 Nov 1992 (aged 81) East Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA Burial Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Plot Grave 2, Plot A, Range 65, Block 3, Section 20 Memorial ID 90569116 · View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos
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Death Date: Nov 12, 1992 Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA Place of Death: Queens, NY Charles Honi Coles, tap dancer, raconteur, and veteran performer of the stage, vaudeville, television, and the concert world, was born Charles Coles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of George Coles and Isabel (maiden name unknown).
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Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 - November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical precision, high-speed tapping, and a close-to-the-floor style where "the legs and feet did the work".
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Mini Bio (1) Charles 'Honi' Coles was born on April 2, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Rocky II (1979) and The Cotton Club (1984). He was previously married to Marion Coles. He died on November 12, 1992 in New York City, New York, USA. Family (1) Spouse
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June 1983Tommy Tune and Charles 'Honi' Coles perform "My One and Only"--the number where Honi's character teaches Tommy's character how to be cool with his f.
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Charles "Honi" Coles, the elegant tap dancer who "made butterflies clumsy," died Thursday at age 81. Coles, who danced with the bands of Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller.
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0:00 / 6:51 Charles 'Honi' Coles - Interview 1983 Tap Dancing on Record 1.91K subscribers 3.4K views 4 years ago Interview with Charles 'Honi' Coles 1983 during the "Masters of Tap" workshop at.
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Sun, 04.02.1911 Charles H. Coles, Dancer born Charles "Honi" Coles In 1911, Charles "Honi" Coles, a Black tap dancer, was born on this date. A native of Philadelphia, Charles Coles developed his high-speed rhythm tapping on the streets of his hometown.