Edna Mae Harris

Acting

Edna Mae Harris

Born September 29, 1910 · New York City, New York, USA

Died September 15, 1997 · aged 86

Edna Mae Harris was one of the best-known Black actresses of the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in many all-black cast independently produced movies of the day. An attractive woman who had a soulful voice, personality and sex appeal, she could sing, dance and act. The personification of a Harlem performer, Edna found fame by playing in both stage and screen versions of The Green Pastures (1936) as Z…

Known For

Stage Door CanteenStage Door Canteen · 1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.31943
MovieComedyRomance
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
FuryFury · 1936
Fury
7.51936
MovieCrimeDrama
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Bullets or BallotsBullets or Ballots · 1936
Bullets or Ballots
6.61936
MovieCrimeDrama
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
Paradise in HarlemParadise in Harlem · 1939
Paradise in Harlem
5.01939
MovieComedyDrama
It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...
Private NumberPrivate Number · 1936
Private Number
6.71936
MovieDramaRomance
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
The Green PasturesThe Green Pastures · 1936
The Green Pastures
6.31936
MovieDramaFantasy
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Lying LipsLying Lips · 1939
Lying Lips
5.01939
MovieDramaMusic
A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.
Stolen ParadiseStolen Paradise · 1940
Stolen Paradise
10.01940
MovieDrama
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.

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