Coles, Honi, 1911-1992

LC control no.	nr 95000216
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Coles, Honi, 1911-1992 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Coles, "Honi" Charles, 1911-1992
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1911-04-02
Death date	1992-11-12
Place of birth	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	Lafayette Theatre Players Harlem Opera House (New York, N.Y.) Coles and Atkins Apollo Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 42nd Street)
Profession or occupation	Entertainers Dancers
Found in	An African American dance..., 1990 [VR]: video cassette (Honi Coles, Charles "Honi" Coles; tap dancer and member of tap dance team Coles and Atkins) Kaiser index to blk resources, 1992 v. 1, p. 528 (Honi Coles, b. 1911) Mapp, E. Directory of blacks in the performing arts, 1990 (Coles, Honi (Charles Coles), entertainer; b. Apr. 2, 1911, Philadelphia; member Copasetics; part of dance team Coles and Atkins, 1948-60; appeared in film Cotton Club, 1984) New York Times, Nov. 13, 1992: obit. (d. Nov. 12, 1992 in New York City at age 81; tap dancer) African American National Biography, accessed December 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gladys, Honi; Charles Coles; vaudeville performer, dancer, television performer; born 02 April 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; debuted at the Lafayette Theater in New York as one of the Three Millers (1931); performed at the Harlem Opera House, the Apollo Theater and the Hoofer's Club (1934); performed with the Lucky Seven Trio (1936-1939); formed Coles & Atkins (1940); opened Dancecraft studio with tap dancer Pete Nugent (1954); production stage manager for the Apollo Theater (1960-1976); appeared in The Cotton Club (1984) and Dirty Dancing (1987); joined touring company of Bubblin' Brown Sugar, performing at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall (1976); honors include Dance magazine award (1985), Capezio Award for lifetime achievement in dance (1988), National Medal of the Arts (1991); died 12 November 1995 in New York, New York, United States)