Home/Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney
Deceased

How Did Nina Mae McKinney Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 54
Also known as Nina McKinneyGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn12/06/1912Born inLancaster, South Carolina, USADied03/05/1967Died inNew York CityCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ3341939Buried atWoodlawn CemeteryTMDb#127560

Nina Mae McKinney was an American actress and singer 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.

Read full Wikipedia article ↗

Filmography16 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1950Copper CanyonMovieTheresa38
1949PinkyMovieRozelia37
1945The Power of the WhistlerMovieFlotilda33
1944Dark WatersMovieFlorella32
1939Straight to HeavenMovieIda Williams27
1938Gang SmashersMovieLaura Jackson26
1937Television Demonstration FilmMovie25
1936The Black NetworkMovieNina Mae - Radio Singer24
1936The Lonely TrailMovieDancer (uncredited)24
1935RecklessMovieNina Mae McKinney - Singer23
1935Sanders of the RiverMovieLilongo23
1934Kentucky MinstrelsMovie22
1933Blood MoneyMovieRebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)21
1932Pie, Pie BlackbirdMovieMiss Nina20
1931Safe in HellMovieLeonie19
1930They Learned About WomenMovieSpecialty Singer - Harlem Madness18