Nina Mae McKinney
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Birth Name: Nannie Mayme McKinney
Born: 13 June 1912 Died: 3 May 1967
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 3"
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People...Black Actresses
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Published 10 years, 1 month ago
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Her Beauty Is Legendary
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Published 10 years, 9 months ago
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AFI's Female Legends Nominations
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Published 11 years, 5 months ago
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Tribute...Golden Era Black Legends of Cinema
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Published 3 years, 1 month ago
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Tribute...Black Ladies of the golden cinema era
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Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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A Tribute To Nina Mae McKinney - The First Black and Beautiful Movie Star
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Nina Mae McKinney is known as the seductress "Chick" from Hallelujah (1929), the first all-black, all-sound musical. Even though she was acknowledged as a great actress, singer and dancer by audiences in the U.S. and Europe, today she is mostly forgotten. She certainly had the looks, enthusiasm, and acting talent to succeed. But as she and other black women of her time learned, there wasn't much work for a black woman other than as a maid, "mammy" figure, or prostitute. Hollywood was scared to take a chance on an attractive black woman, to make her into a glamorous sex symbol as they would with an attractive
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1. Pinky
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2. Hallelujah (1929)
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3. Safe in Hell (1931)
Rating: | 11 Watched |
4. Reckless (1935)
Rating: | 15 Watched |
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" NANNIE MAYME McKINNEYBorn: 12 June 1912Movies: 1929-1950Died: 3 May 1967"
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