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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.
Nov 10, 2021 · In 1929, just as moving pictures were learning to talk, a vivacious teenager named Nina Mae McKinney helped make them sing. Plucked from obscurity, she shook up the screen in “Hallelujah!,” an...
Feb 1, 2019 · Nina Mae McKinney. An actress who defied the barrier of race to find stardom in Europe. By ANITA GATES. A BOUT 20 MINUTES INTO “ Hallelujah ,” Hollywood’s first all-sound feature with...
Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967) was a black actress, singer and dancer who starred in Hallelujah (1929) and Pinky (1949). She had a successful career in Europe and was known as "The Black Garbo", but faced racial barriers in Hollywood.
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Dec 15, 2021 · One of the first African-American leading actresses in Hollywood, Nina Mae McKinney transformed the role of Black women in film with her 1929 Hollywood film debut in the all-Black musical...
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Nina Mae McKinney was a black actress, singer and dancer who starred in Hallelujah (1929) and became known as "The Black Garbo" in Europe. She faced racial discrimination and limited opportunities in Hollywood and died in 1967.
Nov 10, 2021 · Nina Mae McKinney: Hollywood’s First Black Movie Star opens with the premiere of a 35mm restoration print of King Vidor’s all-Black musical Hallelujah!, her feature debut from 1929, in which...
