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Nina Mae McKinney. 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. Dubbed "The Black Garbo " in Europe because of her striking beauty, [1][2] McKinney was both ...
Hattie McDaniel. Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was ...
Nayo Wallace (grandniece) Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [1] Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo ...
Henrietta Vinton Davis. Lex Scott Davis. Viola Davis. Wendy Davis (actress) Danielle Deadwyler. Kristinia DeBarge. Damita Jo DeBlanc. Ruby Dee. Gabrielle Dennis.
As one of the most influential Black women celebrities, Oprah Winfrey is an actress, philanthropist, producer and global media leader. She hosted the highest-rated daytime TV talk show, “The ...
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Hair color. Dark brown. Eye color. Brown. Beverly Ann Johnson[1][3] (born October 13, 1952) [4] is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first Black model to appear on ...
Musical artist. Signature. Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film ...
Robert Clark. . . (m. 1936, divorced) . Leroy Moore. . (m. 1952) . Louise Beavers (March 8, 1900 – October 26, 1962) [1] was an American film and television actress who appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s to 1960. She played a prominent role in advancing the lives of Black Americans through her work and ...