found: African American National Biography, accessed March 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Premice, Josephine; actress, dancer, singer; born 21 July 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; studied ballet, jazz, and tap with Martha Graham, Katherine Dunham, and Charles Weidman; started with Broadway debut in Blue Holiday (1945); toured France, England, Italy, and Spain as a soloist (1950s); performed at Village Vanguard and Blue Angel nightclubs; performed at the calypso musical Caribbean Carnival (1947); nominated for two Tony awards: Best Featured Performer in Jamaica (1958) and Best Supporting Actress in A Hand Is on the Gate (1966); appeared on TV shows: Cosby Show (1986) and A Different World (1991-1993); died 13 April 2001 in New York, New York, United States)
