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Nichelle Nichols Biography
Birth Name:
Grace Nichols
Birth Place:
Robbins, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor, singer
Fast Facts
- Played a female pimp in the 1974 film Truck Turner
- Considered quitting Star Trek after the first season, but Dr
- Martin Luther King Jr
- , a fan of the show, convinced her that her character was ground breaking; she remained on the show until the series ended in 1969
- First African-American to place her handprints in front of Hollywood's Chinese Theatre
- Worked for NASA recruiting women and minorities into the space program
Relationships
- Thomas Nichols -- Brother
- Foster Johnson -- Ex-husband
- Samuel Earl Nichols -- Father
- Lishia Parks -- Mother