Marva Hicks Taha, an award-winning actress and singer who hails from Petersburg, Virginia has died. She was born on May 5, 1975 and died September 17, 2022 at age 47.
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Hicks is Howard University graduate and her career span 4 decades.
What awards has Marva Hicks won? Hicks was a three-time Helen Hayes Award winner and her Broadway credits include, “Motown,” “The Lion King,” “Caroline or Change,” and “Lena Horne, The Lady at Her Music.”
Her awards are;
- Helen Hayes Awards – 2011 – Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Marva HicksDuke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies - Helen Hayes Awards – 2008 – Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Marva HicksThe Women of Brewster Place and - Helen Hayes Awards – 1999 – Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical Gold Star
Marva HicksThunder Knocking on the Door
She also starred in many Off-Broadway productions, canvassing the country with her most recent performance in April 2022 of “Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous” at the Alliance Theatre.
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Her powerful, distinct and sultry voice was heard on her first album “Marva Hicks” released in 1991 with a Top 10 charting hit single “Never Been in Love Before.”
She also performed as a background singer for Michael Jackson in a free concert at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 16, 1996.
The concert was in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and was attended by the Brunei Royal Family.
As part of the set list, Hicks sang the female part of the duet “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with Jackson.
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