Micki Grant (born June 30, 1941 ) is an American singer (
soprano), actress, writer and composer. She performed in
Having Our Say (as Sadie Delaney),
Tambourines to Glory and
Jericho-Jim Crow,
The Gingham Dog,
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and has received three
Tony Award nominations for her writing. In the early 1960s, she appeared off-Broadway in Jean Genet's "The Blacks" (with James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson), and in "Brecht on Brecht", in which she sang (among other things) "Pirate Jenny". In 1964, Grant appeared as 'Ella Hammer' in the
Howard da Silva's off-Broadway revival of
Marc Blitzstein's
The Cradle Will Rock, opposite
Jerry Orbach and
Rita Gardner. In 1965, Micki Grant became one of the first African-American cast members of a daytime
soap opera (preceded by Rex Ingram on
The Brighter Day, when she played the role of Peggy Harris Nolan on
NBC's
Another World.