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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 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.
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 an...
Aug 4, 2008 · 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 many generations.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Nina Mae McKinney was a self-taught singer, dancer, and actress who revolutionized the role of black women in film with her 1929 Hollywood film debut in Hallelujah. McKinney played the leading role in that first all-black musical film.
