Nina Mae McKinney

Actor

Born: June 12, 1912
Died: May 3, 1967 (age 54)
From: 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…

Filmography (25)

Copper Canyon (1950)
Theresa
Pinky (1949)
Rozelia
Danger Street (1947)
Veronica
Swanee Showboat (1947)
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
Maid
Mantan Messes Up (1946)
Nina
The Power of the Whistler (1945)
Flotilda
Together Again (1944)
Maid in Nightclub Powder Room (uncredited)
Dark Waters (1944)
Florella
The Devil's Daughter (1939)
Isabelle Walton
Straight to Heaven (1939)
Ida Williams
Gang Smashers
Gang Smashers (1938)
Laura Jackson
Television Demonstration Film
Television Demonstration Film (1937)
The Lonely Trail (1936)
Dancer (uncredited)
The Black Network (1936)
Nina Mae - Radio Singer
Sanders of the River (1935)
Lilongo
Reckless (1935)
Nina Mae McKinney - Singer
Kentucky Minstrels
Kentucky Minstrels (1934)
What Price Jazz (1934)
Dancer
Blood Money (1933)
Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
Pie, Pie Blackbird
Pie, Pie Blackbird (1932)
Miss Nina
Safe in Hell (1931)
Leonie
They Learned About Women (1930)
Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
Manhattan Serenade
Manhattan Serenade (1929)
Singer / Dancer
Hallelujah (1929)
Chick