1. Micki Grant performed in Having Our Say, Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow both co-written by Langston Hughes, The Gingham Dog, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and received three Tony Award nominations for her writing.
13 Facts About Micki Grant
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Some sources state that she was born in 1941; Grant was said to have lowered her age early for reasons related to her career.
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Micki Grant's father was a self-taught pianist and master barber, and her mother worked for Stanley Products.
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Micki Grant began studying music with double-bass lessons at her elementary school.
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Micki Grant first took piano lessons at the age of eight, and the next year took acting lessons with Susan Porche.
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In 1964, Micki Grant appeared as Ella Hammer in Howard da Silva's off-Broadway revival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, opposite Jerry Orbach and Rita Gardner.
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Micki Grant was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
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Micki Grant later appeared on The Edge of Night replacing Billie Allen as Ada Chandler and was in the cast of Guiding Light.
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Micki Grant had a brief stint as host of Around the Corner, a children's show on CBS.
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Readings and Writings featured Micki Grant performing material that she compiled from research at a public library.
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Micki Grant married television news film editor Ray McCutcheon in 1966.
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Micki Grant died on August 22,2021, at the age of 92 in Manhattan, New York City.
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Micki Grant received a 1972 Obie Award for Music and Lyrics for her work on Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.