Francis Michael Chernesky ( May â€" March ), known professionally as
Frankie Michaels, was an American actor and singer. In , he won a Tony
Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing young Patrick
Dennis in the original production of Mame. At the age of , Michaels
was the youngest Tony Award winner ever.Michaels holds the record for
being the youngest person to win a Tony Award -- in for Actor,
Supporting or Featured (Musical) -- at age ten for his performance as
young Patrick Dennis in the Broadway musical Mame in . His other stage
credits include A for Adult and Happily Ever After, both
off-Broadway.Michaels appeared in the TV series As the World Turns
from â€", Our Private World in , and The Joey Bishop Show in . While
performing in Mame he made guest appearances on The Mike Douglas Show
and The Merv Griffin Show in .In , at age , Michaels recorded Gladys
Shelley's theme song for the Little Miss America pageant at Palisades
Amusement Park, for Spiral Records.
Frankie Michaels, was an American actor and singer. In , he won a Tony
Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing young Patrick
Dennis in the original production of Mame. At the age of , Michaels
was the youngest Tony Award winner ever.Michaels holds the record for
being the youngest person to win a Tony Award -- in for Actor,
Supporting or Featured (Musical) -- at age ten for his performance as
young Patrick Dennis in the Broadway musical Mame in . His other stage
credits include A for Adult and Happily Ever After, both
off-Broadway.Michaels appeared in the TV series As the World Turns
from â€", Our Private World in , and The Joey Bishop Show in . While
performing in Mame he made guest appearances on The Mike Douglas Show
and The Merv Griffin Show in .In , at age , Michaels recorded Gladys
Shelley's theme song for the Little Miss America pageant at Palisades
Amusement Park, for Spiral Records.
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