Dancer

Nina Mae McKinney

American actress (1912-1967)

Born 1912 · LancasterDied 1967United States
Nina Mae McKinney
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Nina Mae McKinney was an American dancer, born in 1912 in Lancaster, who died in 1967.

Biography

Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Nina Mae McKinney”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

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Edith Kanakaʻole

Edith Kanakaʻole

dancer 1913-1979

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American dancer of lindy-hop and jazz (1913-1970)

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American actor-singer

1911–1995
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