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Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical precision, high-speed tapping, and a close-to-the-floor style where "the legs and feet did the work". [1]
Nov 13, 1992 · Charles (Honi) Coles, a virtuosic tap dancer who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical "My One and Only" and whom Lena Horne once described as...
Nov 15, 2023 · Charles “Honi” Coles was an American rhythm tap dancer known for his speed and sophisticated style. He was a founding member of the Copasetics, as well as one-half of the popular vaudeville duo “Coles & Atkins,” whose song-and-dance routines epitomized the vaudeville class act—routines that countered blackface stereotypes.
Charles 'Honi' Coles was born on 2 April 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Rocky II (1979) and The Cotton Club (1984). He was married to Marion Coles.
Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003.
Remembering Tap Dancer Charles "Honi" Coles (1911-1992) A tribute, profile, and fan site for legendary tap dancer Charles "Honi" Coles. Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George H. W. Bush in 1991. In 2003,s the year after he died, he was inducted into the Tap Dance Hall of Fame.
Charles 'Honi' Coles was born on 2 April 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Rocky II (1979) and The Cotton Club (1984). He was married to Marion Coles. He died on 12 November 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.
