The famous and most celebrated Nichelle Nichols was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, and its film sequels. Nichols’ portrayal of Uhura was ground-breaking for African American actresses on American television.
Nichelle Nichols’s break appeared in Kicks and Co., Oscar Brown’s highly touted but ill-fated 1961 musical. In a thinly veiled satire of Playboy magazine, she played Hazel Sharpe, a voluptuous campus queen who the devil and Orgy Magazine were tempting to become “Orgy Maiden of the Month”. Although the play closed after a short run in Chicago, Nichols attracted the attention of Hugh Hefner, the publisher of Playboy, who booked her for his Chicago Playboy Club.
Who is Nichelle Nichols first husband Foster Johnson?
Nichelle Nichols married her husband, Foster Charles Johnson, in 1915. He was born on January 3, 1917, in Virginia. The couple was parents to a son, Kyle Johnson. The couple welcomed their first child on August 14, 1951. Their son, Kyle, is an actor by profession.
The actress got separated from her first husband in 1951. Foster Johnson died on October 29, 1981, in Los Angeles at age sixty-four.
Furthermore, she married her second husband, Duke Mondy, in 1968. He was a musician. However, the couple separated in 1972. The pair have been married for four years and have no children.
