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Lucinda Dickey
American former dancer and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucinda Dickey (born Lucinda Marie Henninger; July 9th, 1960) is an American former dancer and actress.[1] She is best known for her leading roles in the film Breakin' (1984) and its sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984).
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Early life
Dickey was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, where at the age of four, she began dancing in her mother's studio.[2] While attending Kansas State University, she majored in dance and competed as Miss Manhattan/Kansas-State[3] in the Miss Kansas pageant, where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.[4]
Career
In 1980, Dickey moved to Los Angeles and won a dance scholarship with the Roland DuPree Dance Academy.[2] After 10 months, she became one of the lead dancers for the movie Grease 2. In fall 1982, she landed a stint as a dancer on Solid Gold.[5]
Her first leading role was in Ninja III: The Domination, which premiered in 1984.[6] In 1984, Dickey appeared in the role of jazz dancer turned breakdancer Kelly in Breakin' and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.[7] Next, Dickey played the mascot in the horror flick Cheerleader Camp, in 1988.[8]
Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990 Perry Mason television movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.[9]
She appeared as a dance judge on TLC's 2008 series Master of Dance.[10]
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Personal life
She retired from acting in 1990, and lives in California with her husband, Craig Piligian, a co-executive producer of, among others, the reality TV game show Survivor.[10] They have two children.[11]
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