Nina Mae McKinney
Birthday: 1912-06-12
Place of Birth: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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.
Movies
Dark Waters
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover ...
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Safe in Hell
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the wo...
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The Devil's Daughter
Sylvia Walton returns from Harlem to take over a Jamaican plantation from her vindictive half-sister...
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Danger Street
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder....
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The Lonely Trail
Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid o...
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Pie, Pie Blackbird
Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap danc...
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The Black Network
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his ...
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Reckless
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire....
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Sanders of the River
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles ...
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Together Again
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for y...
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Night Train to Memphis
A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantag...
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Pinky
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating...
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Gang Smashers
An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketee...
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Kentucky Minstrels
'Old-time minstrel sinks to poverty and rises to fresh stardom.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Straight to Heaven
Singer Jimmy Williams' father Joe is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Since th...
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The Power of the Whistler
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then ...
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Mantan Messes Up
Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical ...
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Blood Money
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grif...
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What Price Jazz
In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Societ...
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They Learned About Women
Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and go...
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Copper Canyon
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lan...
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Television Demonstration Film
Publicity film for manufacturers and retailers of television equipment. A survey of the programmes t...
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