Charles Cook (dancer)
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Charles “Cookie” Cook (February 11, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois – August 8, 1991 in New York) was an African-American tap dancer and member of the Original Copasetics. He was the dance partner of Ernest “Brownie” Brown, with whom he performed from the days of vaudeville into the 1960s.
They performed in film, such as Dorothy Dandridge 1942 “soundie” Cow Cow Boogie, on Broadway in the 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate, twice at the Newport Jazz Festival, as well in other acts, including “Garbage and His Two Cans” in which they played the garbage cans.
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