1987Nominee
Best Performance
Hellraiser
Kenneth Nelson
Actor
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
March 24, 1930
Biography
Nelson was the original Boy in the popular Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks but he made his mark as Michael, the self-hating homosexual in play The Boys in the Band. After reprising the role for the 1971 London production of The Boys in the Band, he decided to stay in England, and went on to appear in West End productions of such American musicals as Show Boat, Annie and 42nd Street. Nelson spent much of the later part of his career in small roles on television and in movies. Nelson died in 1993 of AIDS-related complications in London.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1990Nominee
Best Performance
Nightbreed
1986Nominee
Best Performance
Cuban Breeze
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Performance
The Boys in the Band
1983Highlight
Best Performance
The Lonely Lady
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Hellraiser
Nightbreed
The Boys in the Band