Acting credits
21
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Nina Mae McKinney
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.3
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Movies: 21Series: 0
TMDB ID: 127560
IMDb ID: nm0571904
Known for: Acting
Born: June 12, 1912
Died: May 3, 1967
Age: 54
Place of birth: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 1950
Years active: 22
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q3341939
Also known as
Nina McKinney
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nina Mae McKinney.
5.3
Copper Canyon
as Theresa
1950 Movie
7.1
Pinky
as Rozelia
1949 Movie
4.0
Danger Street
as Veronica
1947 Movie
Night Train to Memphis
as Maid
1946 Movie
Mantan Messes Up
as Nina
1946 Movie
5.8
The Power of the Whistler
as Flotilda
1945 Movie
5.3
Together Again
as Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
1944 Movie
5.8
Dark Waters
as Florella
1944 Movie
Swanee Showboat
1940 Movie
2.8
The Devil's Daughter
as Isabelle Walton
1939 Movie
Straight to Heaven
as Ida Williams
1939 Movie
Gang Smashers
as Laura Jackson
1938 Movie
4.6
The Lonely Trail
as Dancer (uncredited)
1936 Movie
6.0
The Black Network
as Nina Mae - Radio Singer
1936 Movie
5.7
Sanders of the River
as Lilongo
1935 Movie
5.0
Reckless
as Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
1935 Movie
7.0
What Price Jazz
as Dancer
1934 Movie
7.0
Blood Money
as Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
1933 Movie
6.6
Safe in Hell
as Leonie
1931 Movie
4.0
They Learned About Women
as Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
1930 Movie
6.6
Hallelujah
as Chick
1929 Movie