The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Denise Nicholas

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Denise Nicholas

5/19/2007; 5/21/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.177

Actress and fiction writer Denise Nicholas (1944 - ) was one of the first members of the Negro Ensemble Company. Her film and television credits include Let's Do It Again, Room 222 and the television version of In The Heat of the Night. Nicholas was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 5/19/2007 and 5/21/2007, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 9; Total Run Time: 04h 23m 56s

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Nicholas, Denise, 1944-

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Actress and fiction writer Denise Nicholas was born Donna Denise Nicholas on July 12th in Detroit, Michigan to Louise and Otto Nicholas. She grew up in Milan, Michigan, just south of Ann Arbor. After she graduated from Milan High School, she attended the University of Michigan. In 1963, she met Gilbert Moses, then a stage actor. The two married, and in 1964, Nicholas and Moses moved to Jackson, Mississippi.Nicholas joined Moses' Free Southern Theater and with a small troupe of actors performed s...