Nina Mae McKinney arriving at Victoria station
Nine Mae McKinney (incorrectly called May McKinney in The Sphere) pictured on her arrival at Victoria Station from Hollywood at the time she was playing at the Leicester Square Theatre.Nina Mae McKinney (1913-1967) was the first African American actress to star in a Hollywood film Hallelujah! (1929). In the 1930s she worked mostly in the UK in films and on stage. She was also a television pioneer with her own shows on pre-war BBC
Picture No
13745822
Media ID
46782973
Size
4152px x 5486px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere', 18 February 1933, page 239
Date
1933
