Nina Mae McKinney
Acting • Born 1912-06-12 – Died 1967-05-03
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.
Filmography
25 credits
Dark Waters
Movie • 1944
Florella
Safe in Hell
Movie • 1931
Leonie
Hallelujah
Movie • 1929
Chick
The Devil's Daughter
Movie • 1939
Isabelle Walton
Danger Street
Movie • 1947
Veronica
The Lonely Trail
Movie • 1936
Dancer (uncredited)
Pie, Pie Blackbird
Movie • 1932
Miss Nina
The Black Network
Movie • 1936
Nina Mae - Radio Singer
Reckless
Movie • 1935
Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
Sanders of the River
Movie • 1935
Lilongo
Together Again
Movie • 1944
Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
Night Train to Memphis
Movie • 1946
Maid
Pinky
Movie • 1949
Rozelia
Swanee Showboat
Movie • 1940
Manhattan Serenade
Movie • 1929
Singer / Dancer
Gang Smashers
Movie • 1938
Laura Jackson
Kentucky Minstrels
Movie • 1934
Straight to Heaven
Movie • 1939
Ida Williams
The Power of the Whistler
Movie • 1945
Flotilda
Mantan Messes Up
Movie • 1946
Nina
Blood Money
Movie • 1933
Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
What Price Jazz
Movie • 1934
Dancer
They Learned About Women
Movie • 1930
Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
Copper Canyon
Movie • 1950
Theresa
Television Demonstration Film
Movie • 1937