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Nina Mae McKinney

Born: 1912-06-12 • 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, 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
Copper Canyon poster
Copper Canyon
1950 • Theresa
Pinky poster
Pinky
1949 • Rozelia
Danger Street poster
Danger Street
1947 • Veronica
Night Train to Memphis poster
Night Train to Memphis
1946 • Maid
Mantan Messes Up poster
Mantan Messes Up
1946 • Nina
The Power of the Whistler poster
The Power of the Whistler
1945 • Flotilda
Together Again poster
Together Again
1944 • Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
Dark Waters poster
Dark Waters
1944 • Florella
Swanee Showboat poster
Swanee Showboat
1940
The Devil's Daughter poster
The Devil's Daughter
1939 • Isabelle Walton
Straight to Heaven poster
Straight to Heaven
1939 • Ida Williams
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Gang Smashers
1938 • Laura Jackson
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Television Demonstration Film
1937
The Lonely Trail poster
The Lonely Trail
1936 • Dancer (uncredited)
The Black Network poster
The Black Network
1936 • Nina Mae - Radio Singer
Sanders of the River poster
Sanders of the River
1935 • Lilongo
Reckless poster
Reckless
1935 • Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
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Kentucky Minstrels
1934
What Price Jazz poster
What Price Jazz
1934 • Dancer
Blood Money poster
Blood Money
1933 • Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
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Pie, Pie Blackbird
1932 • Miss Nina
Safe in Hell poster
Safe in Hell
1931 • Leonie
They Learned About Women poster
They Learned About Women
1930 • Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
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Manhattan Serenade
1929 • Singer / Dancer
Hallelujah poster
Hallelujah
1929 • Chick