Denise Donna Nicholas was born on July 12,1944 and is an American actress.
21 Facts About Denise Nicholas
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Denise Nicholas was born in Detroit to Louise and Otto Denise Nicholas.
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At the age of 16, Denise Nicholas appeared on the August 25,1960, cover of Jet magazine as a future school teacher prospect at the National High School Institute at Northwestern University.
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Denise Nicholas is the middle child of three, with an older brother, Otto, and a younger sister, Michele, who was murdered in 1980.
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Denise Nicholas entered the University of Michigan as a Pre-Law student.
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Denise Nicholas then switched her major to Latin-American politics, Spanish, and English before dropping out after her second completed academic year.
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Denise Nicholas subsequently transferred to Tulane University, where she majored in Fine Arts.
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Denise Nicholas's acting debut was in a Spanish-language play presented by her language class.
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Denise Nicholas dropped out of Tulane University as well, this time to join the Free Southern Theater, during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Denise Nicholas received her Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of Southern California Theater Program in 1987, after living in Southern California for a number of years.
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Denise Nicholas began her television acting career in 1968, with an episode of It Takes a Thief.
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Denise Nicholas had three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Drama TV Series, for her role as Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222.
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Denise Nicholas wrote the song "Can We Pretend," which her then-husband Bill Withers recorded on his 1974 album +'Justments.
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Denise Nicholas wrote six episodes of the series, those episodes include:.
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Denise Nicholas attended the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Workshop, and the Natalie Goldberg Workshop, in Taos, New Mexico.
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Brown University commissioned Denise Nicholas to write a staged adaptation of Freshwater Road, which was presented in May 2008.
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Denise Nicholas is currently completing her memoir, and it will be published by Agate Publishing in 2023.
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At 19, Denise Nicholas dropped out of the University of Michigan and signed up with the Free Southern Theater in New Orleans, headed by Gilbert Moses, whom she married in May 1964 at the American Theater in New York, and divorced in 1967.
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Denise Nicholas married soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers on January 17,1973.
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Denise Nicholas filed for divorce in April 1974, and their divorce was finalized in December 1974.
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Denise Nicholas's body was found in a locked rental car at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.