Edna Mae Harris
Birthday
1910/09/29
Day of death
1997/09/15 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Edna M. Harris, Edna May Harris
Biography
Edna Mae Harris was one of the best-known Black actresses of the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in many all-black cast independently produced movies of the day. An attractive woman who had a soulful voice, personality and sex appeal, she could sing, dance and act. The personification of a Harlem performer, Edna found fame by playing in both stage and screen versions of The Green Pastures (1936) as Zeba. Audiences loved her, and she received glorious reviews, so it was no surprise when Hollywood as...Read more
Acting
(1939) Paradise in Harlem
as Doll Davis
(1938) Spirit of Youth
as Mary Bowdin
(1939) Lying Lips
as Elsie Bellwood
(1936) Fury
as Black Woman (uncredited)
(1936) The Green Pastures
as Zeba
(1940) Stolen Paradise
as Maid
(1940) The Notorious Elinor Lee
as Fredi Welsh
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
(1940) Sunday Sinners
as Corrine Aiken
(1936) Bullets or Ballots
as Rose - Lee's Maid (uncredited)
(1936) Private Number
as Lulu (Uncredited)
(1942) Legs Ain't No Good
as ---
(1981) I Remember Harlem
as self