- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 12, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- May 3, 1967
Nina Mae McKinney
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.
Filmography
movieCopper Canyon
1950 · Theresa
moviePinky
1949 · Rozelia
movieDanger Street
1947 · Veronica
movieSwanee Showboat
1947
movieNight Train to Memphis
1946 · Maid
movieMantan Messes Up
1946 · Nina
movieThe Power of the Whistler
1945 · Flotilda
movieTogether Again
1944 · Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
movieDark Waters
1944 · Florella
movieThe Devil's Daughter
1939 · Isabelle Walton
movieStraight to Heaven
1939 · Ida Williams
Gang Smashers
movieGang Smashers
1938 · Laura Jackson
Television Demonstration Film
movieTelevision Demonstration Film
1937
movieThe Lonely Trail
1936 · Dancer (uncredited)
movieThe Black Network
1936 · Nina Mae - Radio Singer
movieSanders of the River
1935 · Lilongo
movieReckless
1935 · Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
Kentucky Minstrels
movieKentucky Minstrels
1934
movieWhat Price Jazz
1934 · Dancer
movieBlood Money
1933 · Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
Pie, Pie Blackbird
moviePie, Pie Blackbird
1932 · Miss Nina
movieSafe in Hell
1931 · Leonie
movieThey Learned About Women
1930 · Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
Manhattan Serenade
movieManhattan Serenade
1929 · Singer / Dancer
movieHallelujah
1929 · Chick