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Family Members
Maurice Hines is Gregory only sibling. He was born December 13, 1943 in New York, NY. Maurice was an American actor, director, singer, and choreographer. He was the older brother of dancer Gregory, him and Gregory first started dancing together and practiced tap dancing. Gregory parents are Maurice Hines Sr.,and Alma Hines.His dad was born February 9, 1922 in North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cotton Club in 1984. His mom Alma Hines was born about 1915. -
Education and his career
He began dancing at the age three he turned professional at the age five, and for fifteen years he performed with his older brother Maurice. When Gregory moved back to New York City in the late 1970s he immediately landed a role in The Last Minstrel Show. A month later came Eubie in 1978 a certified Broadway hit which earned him the first of four Tony nominations. Hines was educated at the Willard Mace Elementary School for professional children and at Quintano's School for Young Professionals. -
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. He was known for his tap dancing and became famous from his tap dancing performance. -
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Health Issues
Gregory died of liver cancer on August 9, 2003, en route to the hospital from his home in Los Angeles. He was diagnosed with the disease a year earlier, but informed only his closest friends. At the time of his death, production of the television show Little Bill was ending. Gregory secretly battled liver cancer for two years before he died, bravely hiding his life and death struggle from his friends and his cast mates on “Will & Grace. -
Influenced Gregory Acting career
Teddy Hale influenced his acting career. He practically grew up backstage at the Apollo Theatre where they were witness to the performances and the advice of such tap dance legends as Charles "Honi" Coles, Howard "Sandman" Sims, the Nicholas Brothers, and Teddy Hale. Gregory and Maurice studied tap dance with master tap dancer Henry Le Tang. They became known as “The Hines Kids,” and they danced and performed at the Apollo Theater. -
Gregorys production
Hines made his Broadway debut with his brother in The Girl in Pink Tights in 1954. He earned Tony Award nominations -
Gregory Hines marriges
Gregory was married to Patricia Panella and Pamela Koslow ended in divorce. For the last three years of his life, he was engaged to bodybuilder Negrita Jayde. Gregory and pamela had a son together, and he raised a stepdaughter with her. Patricia and Gregory had a daughter in 1970, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1973. -
Primetime Emmy Awards
Bojangles in 2001,Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Bojangles for playing "Bojangles". Also in The Collection in 1976, 1989 Nominee Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program,screened within Great. In 1985 Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Motown Returns to the Apollo 1982 Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement Special Class I Love Liberty -
Image Awards (NAACP)
2002 Winner Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special of Bojangles. Gregory Hines in The Gregory Hines Show (1997)
1998 Nominee Image Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
The Gregory Hines Show
Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Lela Rochon, and Loretta Devine in Waiting to Exhale (1995)
1996 Nominee Image Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
Waiting to Exhale
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Awards
Eubie in 1978 a certified Broadway hit, which earned him the first of four Tony nominations. Comin' Uptown in 1980, though not a success, led to another nomination and Sophisticated Ladies in 1981 to a third. In 1992, Hines received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his riveting portrayal of the jazz man Jelly Roll Morton in George C. -
historical events
"I haven't had a terribly traumatic experience as a black person in this world, but I've had experiences," Hines told Michael J. Bandler about the film. Gregory didn't have any problems or traumatic experience while being black which didn't affect his career or his dancing. The only experience he had was the film that had to do with his color. -
World Event And Politics
Throughout an amazingly varied career, Hines continued to be a tireless advocate for tap in America. In 1988, he lobbied successfully for the creation of National Tap Dance Day, now celebrated in 40 cities in the United States and in eight other nations. -
theaters Gregory Worked With
His alternately meditative and explosive choreography was seen in the film, "The Cotton Club," which also featured his brother. In the 1989 film, "Tap," some of Mr. Hines' tap-dance heroes, including Sammy Davis Jr., Sandman Sims, Harold Nicholas and Jimmy Slyde. Gregory worked in a couple of theaters and did a lot of films. -
Online Film & Television Association
Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
2000 Nominee OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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Black Reel Awards
Bojangles (2001)
2002 Nominee Black Reel
Network/Cable - Best Actor
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American Comedy Awards
Gregory Hines won an award for a american comedy. Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace in 1998. 2001 Nominee American Comedy Award Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series with Will and Grace.
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Gregory won the award of Screens Actors Guild Awards for Bojangles in 2001
2002 Nominee Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
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Daytime Emmy Awards
The Red Sneakers in 2002. 2003 Nominee Daytime Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special. Gregory also won an award for Little Bill. Xavier Pritchett in Little Bill 1999
in 2003 Winner Daytime Emmy Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program For playing "Big Bill". -
Gregory Hines Children
Gregory Hines had a daughter named Daria Hines and a son Zach Hines. Daria was born in 1970. She is known for The Cotton Club in 1984,The Oscars in 2016, and 60 Minutes in 1968. Zach was born in 1983. He is known for The Devil Wears Prada in 2006, Raise the Devil in 2014, and He's Not Real in 2016. -
Facts
Gregory Hines is on a Forever Postage Stamp. The United States postal service honored Gregory Hines by featuring him and his legendary tap shoes on a "Forever" postage stamp as part of their "Black Heritage" series. Before his passing, Gregory Hines recorded a very engaging series of tap videos that explore the history of tap, tap's creative process, tap techniques, and the tap dance artists who inspired him. Gregory Hines had his own sitcom from 1997-1999.