Candy Brown

Candy Ann Brown (also known as Candy Brown Houston) is an American dancer,[1] choreographer and theatre, film and television actress.[2]

Candy Brown
Born	Candy Ann Brown August 19, 1958 San Rafael, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, dancer, choreographer
Years active	1968–present

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 and in the West Coast premiere of the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

References

1. Dalfonzo, Gina (February 17, 2014). "Dance to Excess". The Weekly Standard.
2. "Candy Ann Brown". The New York Times.
3. Wasson, Sam (2013). Fosse. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 662. candy brown chicago bob fosse.
4. Robertson, Campbell (September 24, 2006). "'A Singular Sensation,' a New Generation". The New York Times.
5. Wasson, Sam (2013). Fosse. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 317. candy brown pippin.

External links

• Candy Brown at IMDb
• Candy Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
• Candy Brown on Facebook