Lucinda Dickey
Encyclopedia
Lucinda Dickey is an American
dancer and actress who is best known for her role as Kelly in the 1984
cult film
Breakin'
and the 1985 sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
.
, where at the age of four, she began dancing. While attending college at Kansas State University
, she majored in dance and competed in the Miss Kansas
pageant, where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.
After college, Dickey moved to Los Angeles
and won a dance scholarship with the Roland DuPree Dance Academy
. After 10 months, she auditioned for the movie Grease 2
, winning a role as one of film's lead dancers. That same year (1982) she landed a stint as a dancer on Solid Gold.
In 1984
, Dickey appeared in the role of jazz dancer turned breakdancer Kelly in Breakin'
, followed by the sequel
, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
. Later that year, she won the lead role in Ninja III: The Domination
, followed by the horror flick
Cheerleader Camp
, in 1987
.
Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990
Perry Mason
television movie
, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.
Most recently she appeared as a judge on TLC's Master Of Dance.
with her husband, Craig Piligian (co-executive producer of the reality TV game show
Survivor), and their two children.
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dancer and actress who is best known for her role as Kelly in the 1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
Breakin'
Breakin'
Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in...
and the 1985 sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the 1984 sequel to the breakdancing film Breakin. It was first released in the same year as its predecessor by TriStar Pictures, and by Cannon Films the year after...
.
Biography
Dickey was born and raised in Hutchinson, KansasHutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson is the largest city in and the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, United States, northwest of Wichita, on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch"...
, where at the age of four, she began dancing. While attending college at Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
, she majored in dance and competed in the Miss Kansas
Miss Kansas
The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.- Winners :- External links :*...
pageant, where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.
After college, Dickey moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and won a dance scholarship with the Roland DuPree Dance Academy
Roland DuPree Dance Academy
Roland Dupree Dance Academy was a major dance centre founded by Roland Dupree in Hollywood located on third Street just west of Crescent Heights on the North Side of the Street....
. After 10 months, she auditioned for the movie Grease 2
Grease 2
Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical film and sequel to Grease, which is based upon the musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Grease 2 was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who also choreographed the first film...
, winning a role as one of film's lead dancers. That same year (1982) she landed a stint as a dancer on Solid Gold.
In 1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
, Dickey appeared in the role of jazz dancer turned breakdancer Kelly in Breakin'
Breakin'
Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in...
, followed by the sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the 1984 sequel to the breakdancing film Breakin. It was first released in the same year as its predecessor by TriStar Pictures, and by Cannon Films the year after...
. Later that year, she won the lead role in Ninja III: The Domination
Ninja III: The Domination
Ninja III: The Domination is a 1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg, and stars Lucinda Dickey as Christie, Jordan Bennett as Officer Billy Secord, and James Hong as Miyashima...
, followed by the horror flick
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
Cheerleader Camp
Cheerleader Camp
Cheerleader Camp , is an American slasher film, released in 1988. The film stars Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, George "Buck" Flower, Will Sasso, Teri Weigel, and Rebecca Ferratti.-Plot:...
, in 1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
.
Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who was the main character in works of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder trial...
television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.
Most recently she appeared as a judge on TLC's Master Of Dance.
Personal life
Dickey retired from acting in 1990 and is currently living in CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
with her husband, Craig Piligian (co-executive producer of the reality TV game show
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
Survivor), and their two children.