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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 12, 1912
Died
May 3, 1967
Place of Birth
Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Nina McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney
0.1 Popularity
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
5.3
Theresa
Copper Canyon
1950
7.1
Rozelia
Pinky
1949
4.0
Veronica
Danger Street
1947
0.0
Maid
Night Train to Memphis
1946
0.0
Nina
Mantan Messes Up
1946
5.8
Flotilda
The Power of the Whistler
1945
5.3
Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
Together Again
1944
5.8
Florella
Dark Waters
1944
0.0
Swanee Showboat
1940
2.8
Isabelle Walton
The Devil's Daughter
1939
Credits
Copper Canyon
as Theresa
1950
5.3
Pinky
as Rozelia
1949
7.1
Danger Street
as Veronica
1947
4.0
Night Train to Memphis
as Maid
1946
0.0
Mantan Messes Up
as Nina
1946
0.0
The Power of the Whistler
as Flotilda
1945
5.8
Together Again
as Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Dark Waters
as Florella
1944
5.8
Swanee Showboat
1940
0.0
The Devil's Daughter
as Isabelle Walton
1939
2.8
Straight to Heaven
as Ida Williams
1939
0.0
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Gang Smashers
as Laura Jackson
1938
0.0
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Television Demonstration Film
1937
0.0
The Lonely Trail
as Dancer (uncredited)
1936
4.6
The Black Network
as Nina Mae - Radio Singer
1936
6.0
Sanders of the River
as Lilongo
1935
5.7
Reckless
as Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
1935
5.0
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Kentucky Minstrels
1934
0.0
What Price Jazz
as Dancer
1934
7.0
Blood Money
as Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
1933
7.0
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Pie, Pie Blackbird
as Miss Nina
1932
6.0
Safe in Hell
as Leonie
1931
6.6
They Learned About Women
as Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
1930
4.0
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Manhattan Serenade
as Singer / Dancer
1929
4.0
Hallelujah
as Chick
1929
6.7