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.

Cast

Dark Waters
Florella
Safe in Hell
Leonie
Hallelujah
Chick
The Devil's Daughter
Isabelle Walton
Danger Street
Veronica
The Lonely Trail
Dancer (uncredited)
Pie, Pie Blackbird
Miss Nina
The Black Network
Nina Mae - Radio Singer
Reckless
Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
Sanders of the River
Lilongo
Together Again
Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
Night Train to Memphis
Maid
Pinky
Rozelia
Swanee Showboat
Unknown
Manhattan Serenade
Singer / Dancer
Gang Smashers
Laura Jackson
Kentucky Minstrels
Unknown
They Learned About Women
Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
Blood Money
Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
What Price Jazz
Dancer
Straight to Heaven
Ida Williams
The Power of the Whistler
Flotilda
Mantan Messes Up
Nina
Copper Canyon
Theresa
Television Demonstration Film
Unknown