Actor
Nina Mae McKinney
June 12, 1912 · Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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.
Often works with
Bess Flowers
3 titles together
Together Again, Blood Money, Danger Street
Clarence Muse
2 titles together
Safe in Hell, Hallelujah
Kenneth MacDonald
2 titles together
Safe in Hell, The Power of the Whistler
Franchot Tone
2 titles together
Dark Waters, Reckless
Mona Freeman
2 titles together
Copper Canyon, Together Again
Bob Kortman
2 titles together
Copper Canyon, The Lonely Trail
Full filmography · 24
Copper Canyon
as Theresa
19505.7
Pinky
as Rozelia
19497.1
Danger Street
as Veronica
1947
Swanee Showboat
cast
1947
Night Train to Memphis
as Maid
1946
Mantan Messes Up
as Nina
1946
The Power of the Whistler
as Flotilda
1945
Together Again
as Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
1944
Dark Waters
as Florella
19446
The Devil's Daughter
as Isabelle Walton
1939
Straight to Heaven
as Ida Williams
1939Gang Smashers
as Laura Jackson
1938