Nina Mae McKinney
Birthday
1912/06/12
Day of death
1967/05/03 (54 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Also know as
Nina McKinney
Biography
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.
Acting
(1944) Dark Waters
as Florella
(1931) Safe in Hell
as Leonie
(1929) Hallelujah
as Chick
(1939) The Devil's Daughter
as Isabelle Walton
(1947) Danger Street
as Veronica
(1936) The Lonely Trail
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1932) Pie, Pie Blackbird
as Miss Nina
(1936) The Black Network
as Nina Mae - Radio Singer
(1935) Reckless
as Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
(1935) Sanders of the River
as Lilongo
(1944) Together Again
as Maid in Nightclub Powder Room
(1946) Night Train to Memphis
as Maid
(1949) Pinky
as Rozelia
(1940) Swanee Showboat
as ---
(1929) Manhattan Serenade
as Singer / Dancer
(1938) Gang Smashers
as Laura Jackson
(1934) Kentucky Minstrels
as ---
(1945) The Power of the Whistler
as Flotilda
(1930) They Learned About Women
as Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
(1946) Mantan Messes Up
as Nina
(1934) What Price Jazz
as Dancer
(1939) Straight to Heaven
as Ida Williams
(1933) Blood Money
as Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
(1950) Copper Canyon
as Theresa