American actress
Candy Brown |
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Born | Candy Ann Brown |
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Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer, choreographer |
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Years active | 1968–present |
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Candy Ann Brown (also known as Candy Brown Houston) is an American dancer,[1] choreographer and theatre, film and television actress.[2]
Career
Brown is known for originating the role of June in the 1975 Bob Fosse-directed Broadway musical Chicago,[3] and for such films, television series and stage productions as the original cast of A Chorus Line[4] and Pippin,[5] Zebrahead,[2] Ali, Six Feet Under, Sister, Sister, Nash Bridges and NYPD Blue.
Brown also performed on the Broadway stage in Purlie with Cleavon Little and Sherman Hemsley[citation needed] and in the West Coast premiere of the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.[citation needed]
Brown also appears in the Emmy Award winning television special Liza With A Z starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Bob Fosse.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
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