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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.
Nina Mae McKinney. Actress: Hallelujah. 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.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- June 12, 1912
- 3 min
- May 3, 1967
10 nov 2021 · Film Forum. By Manohla Dargis. 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...
1 feb 2019 · Nina Mae McKinney, who was called the first black movie star after showing off her talents doing the Swanee Shuffle in the 1929 film “Hallelujah.” History and Art Collection/Alamy. 1912-1967....
4 ago 2008 · Nina Mae McKinney. Image courtesy Ruth Harriet Louise. Nina Mae McKinney, one of the first African American leading actresses in Hollywood, was born Nannie Mayme McKinney in 1913. The Lancaster, South Carolina native was reared by her great-aunt, Carrie Sanders on the Estate of Colonel LeRoy Sanders, where her family had worked for ...
15 dic 2021 · Nina Mae McKinney. Photo Courtesy of Alamy/History and Art Collection. One of the first African-American leading actresses in Hollywood, Nina Mae McKinney transformed the role of Black...
quoted in The Black Garbo by Stephen Bourne. Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967) was still a teenager when chosen to star in King Vidor’s all-Black musical HALLELUJAH! (1929) at MGM. Following rave reviews, the studio touted her among its galaxy of stars, a first for an African American artist.
