Nina Mae 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.
Known For
Safe in Hell
Copper Canyon
Pinky
Blood Money
Dark Waters
The Power of the Whistler
Reckless
Night Train to Memphis
All Movies (25)
- Copper Canyon1950 · as Theresa
- Pinky1949 · as Rozelia
- Danger Street1947 · as Veronica
- Night Train to Memphis1946 · as Maid
- Mantan Messes Up1946 · as Nina
- The Power of the Whistler1945 · as Flotilda
- Together Again1944 · as Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
- Dark Waters1944 · as Florella
- Swanee Showboat1940
- The Devil's Daughter1939 · as Isabelle Walton
- Straight to Heaven1939 · as Ida Williams
- Gang Smashers1938 · as Laura Jackson
- Television Demonstration Film1937
- The Lonely Trail1936 · as Dancer (uncredited)
- The Black Network1936 · as Nina Mae - Radio Singer
- Sanders of the River1935 · as Lilongo
- Reckless1935 · as Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
- Kentucky Minstrels1934
- What Price Jazz1934 · as Dancer
- Blood Money1933 · as Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
- Pie, Pie Blackbird1932 · as Miss Nina
- Safe in Hell1931 · as Leonie
- They Learned About Women1930 · as Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
- Manhattan Serenade1929 · as Singer / Dancer
- Hallelujah1929 · as Chick