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Nina Mae McKinney
Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, afte…
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Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe because of her striking beauty, McKinney was both one of the first African-American film stars in the United States and one of the first African-Americans to appear on British television.
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1950
Copper Canyon
Movie Theresa
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1949
Pinky
Movie Rozelia
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1947
Danger Street
Movie Veronica
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1947
Swanee Showboat
Movie
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1946
Night Train to Memphis
Movie Maid
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1946
Mantan Messes Up
Movie Nina
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1945
The Power of the Whistler
Movie Flotilda
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1944
Together Again
Movie Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
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1944
Dark Waters
Movie Florella
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1939
The Devil's Daughter
Movie Isabelle Walton
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1939
Straight to Heaven
Movie Ida Williams
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1938
Gang Smashers
Movie Laura Jackson
- 1937
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1936
The Lonely Trail
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1936
The Black Network
Movie Nina Mae - Radio Singer
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1935
Sanders of the River
Movie Lilongo
More credits
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1935
Reckless
Movie Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
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1934
Kentucky Minstrels
Movie
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1934
What Price Jazz
Movie Dancer
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1933
Blood Money
Movie Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
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1932
Pie, Pie Blackbird
Movie Miss Nina
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1931
Safe in Hell
Movie Leonie
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1930
They Learned About Women
Movie Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
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1929
Manhattan Serenade
Movie Singer / Dancer
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1929
Hallelujah
Movie Chick
