A Tribute To Classic Unsung Black Beauties of Stage and Screen - see names of women under more info

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July 08, 2009

0:15-0:18 Nina Mae McKinney 0:18-0:20 Betti Mays -1940s Singer/Actress 0:21-0:22 Anne Wiggins Brown - Concert Singer/Actress. 0:23-0:24 Blanche Thompson-Brownskin Venus - 1920s/1930s Dancer/Chore...

0:15-0:18 Nina Mae McKinney
0:18-0:20 Betti Mays -1940s Singer/Actress
0:21-0:22 Anne Wiggins Brown - Concert Singer/Actress. 0:23-0:24 Blanche Thompson-Brownskin Venus - 1920s/1930s Dancer/Choreographer of BrownSkin Models Revue
0:25-0:26 Ethel Moses - Dancer/Oscar Micheaux actress. Original Cotton Club chorine.
0:27-0:28 Mauri Lynn - 1940s/1950s Singer/Actress
0:29-0:30 Dolores Brown - 1940s Singer
0:31 - 0:32 Louise Franklin - 1930s-1950s Movie Dancer/Actress
0:33- 0:34 Evelyn Preer - 1920s/1930s Actress/Singer.
0:35 - 0:36 Marion Egbert - 1930s Dancer/Cotton Club chorine
0:37-0:38 Lavada Carter - 1930s Singer/Dancer
0:39 - 0:40 Valaida Snow - Entertainer
0:41 - 0:42 Hilda Simms - Stage/Movie/TV Actress
0:43 - 0:44 Hazel Scott
0:45-0:46 Margot - 1930s/1940s Ballroom Dancer / Margot and Norton.
0:47 - 0:48 Joyce Bryant
0:49 - 0:50 Margaret Whitten - Hollywood Actress
0:51-0:52 Cleo Hayes - 1930s/1940s Dancer/Cotton Club chorine & Original Apollo Rockette.
0:53- 0:54 Jean Parks - Singer//Playgirl/Friend of Malcolm X
0:55 - 0:56 Marie Bryant
0:56-0:58 Ellen Holly - Stage/TV Actress.
0:59- 1:00 Marva Louis - Singer/Model/Fashionist/Joe Louis first wife.
1:01- 1:02 Una Mae Carlisle - Singer/Pianist
1:03-1:04 Gladys Snyder
1:05-1:06 Edna Mae Harris - 1930s/1940s Singer/Actress
1:07-1:08 Anna Mae Winburn - 1940s Singer/Bandleader in The International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
1:09-1:10 Vivian Baber
1:11-1:12 Ginger Smock - 1940s-1970s Jazz Violinist
1:13-1:14 Lucille Battles/Millie Monroe - 1930s/1940s Movie Dancer/Actress
1:15-1:16 Angelle De Lavallade - 1940s/1950s Actress/Model
1:17-1:19 Pat Rainey - 1940s/1950s Singer & Socialite
1:20-1:21 Edna Mae Holly - 1930s/1940s Dancer/Sugar Ray Robinson's first wife.
1:22-1:23 Pauline Green - 1950s Model
1:24-1:25 Etta Rae - 1950s Model/Movie Actress
1:26-1:27 Anise Boyer - 1930s/1940s Dancer/Actress
1:28-1:30 Millie Monroe, Mildred Boyd, Louise Franklin
1:31-1:32 Florence O'Brien -Comedienne/Entertainer/Actress
1:33 -1:34 Suzette Harbin - 1940s/1940s Movie Actress
1:35-1:36 Nellie Hill - 1940s/1950s Singer/Actress
1:37 - 1:39 Francine Everett - 1930s/1940s Singer/Actress
1:40 -1:41 Victoria Spivey
1:42-1:43 Theresa Harris - 1930s-1950s Hollywood Actress/Singer
1:44-1:45 Ruby Hill - 1940s/1950s Stage Actress/Singer
1:46-1:47 Bette McLaurin - 1950s Singer
1:48-1:49 Sarah Lou Harris - 1940s/1950s Model
1:50 - 1:51 Artie Young Brandon
1:52 - 1:54 Madeline Belt
1:54 - 1:57 Sahji - 1940s/1950s Exotic Dancer/Singer
1:58 - 2:01 Connie Harris - 1930s//1940s Exotic Dancer
2:01 -2:02 Ida James - 1930s/1940s Singer/Actress
2:03-2:04 Rita Christiani - 1940s Movie Speciality Dancer
2:05-2:06 Meta Cardoza - 1920s/1930s First Black Ziegfeld Follies chorine
2:07-2:08 Madelyn Green
2:09-2:10 Carrol Chilton - Dancer/Chilton and Thomas
2:11-2:12 Eunice Wilson - 1930s/1940s Entertainer
2:13-2:15 Neeka Shaw - 1920s/1930s Dancer
2:15-2:17 The Pope Sisters - 1930s Sister Singing Group
2:17 - 2:19 Vivian Dandridge
2:20 - 2:22 Sheila Guyse - Singer/Actress
2:23-2:25 Judy Carol - 1940s Singer/Dancer
2:26 - 2:28 Dorothy Van Engle - 1930s Model/Oscar Micheaux Actress
2:29-2:30 Ruth Scott
2:30-2:31 Fredi Washington - 1920s-1940s Dancer/Actress
2:32 - 2:33 Isabel Washington-1920s/1930s Dancer/Actress/Original Cotton Club chorine.
2:34-2:35 Louise Cook-1930sExotic Dancer
2:36-2:37 Blanche Calloway - 1920s-1940s Entertainer/Bandleader
2:38-2:39 Savannah Churchill-1940s/1950s Singer
2:40 - 2:41 Izinetta Wilcox-1930s/1940s Singer/Actress
2:48- 2:52 Florence Mills - First Black Superstar
2:52-2:56 Bessie Smith
2:56 - 3:00 Ethel Waters
3:00 -3:04 Maude Russell - Introduced The Charleston/Dancer/Actress
3:04 - 3:08 Josephine Baker
3:08 - 3:12 Adelaide Hall
3:12 - 3:16 Valaida Snow
3:16- 3:20 Lucia Moses
3:20 - 3:24 Alice Whitman - 1920s/1930s Tap Dancer. Apart of The Whitman Sisters. Had their own show, made stars of many black performers. Considered the royalty of black vaudeville.
3:24-3:28 Nina Mae McKinney
3:29 - 3:33 Hyacinth Curtis - 1920s/1930s Dancer / Original Cotton Club chorine / Choreographer
3:33-3:36 Etta Moten - 1930s/1940s Stage/Movie Opera Singer/Actress.
3:37 - 3:40 Elisabeth Welch - 1930s-1950s Opera Singer/Actress. Leading Lady to Paul Robeson.
3:41-3:44 Billie Holiday
3:45 -3:46 Maxine Sullivan
3:47 - 3:50 Ella Fitzgerald
3:51 - 3:54 Lena Horne
3:55 - 3:59 Katherine Dunham
3:59 - 4:03 Sarah Vaughn
4:03 - 4:06 Hazel Scott
4:07 - 4:10 Hadda Brooks - 1940s-1990s Singer/Pianist - Queen of Boogie Woogie.
4:11 - 4:15 Eartha Kitt
4:15 - 4:19 Sheila Guyse
4:19 - 4:23 Dorothy Dandridge
4:23 - 4:26 Suzette Harbin
4:27 - 4:30 Ophelia DeVore - 1940s/1950s Model/Pioneer in advancement of Black models.
4:31-4:36 Tessa Prendergrast - 1950s Model/Movie Actress
4:36 - 4:40 Pearl Bailey
4:40 - 4:43 Muriel Rahn - 1930s/1940s Opera Singer/ Original Carmen Jones.
4:44 - 4:48 Ruby Dee

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007THEDIAMOND (6 days ago) Show Hide

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fab truely fab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ladyjosephinelover (1 week ago) Show Hide

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beautiful ladies representing i've never sen so many of these beauties

78timothy (1 week ago) Show Hide

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What a beautifil and fitting tribute to many - beautiful women of color w/ their talented contributions to Music, Modeling. Singing and all of the performing arts. When we compare these talented Women to the performers of today - there is no comparison. They performed live, without modern Audio equipmen There were no 35 takes of one scene in a video that might be seconds long, it was all done in one take,several minutes long w/out a break - now that is the gift that is called talent!!

gahen21 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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In one of Nina Mae McJinneys's movies (don't remember which one) she does a dance move that Elvis Presley stole (hip swivel)! The film was made in the 1920s!

dal4018 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Elvis Pressley stealing someone elses dance moves why doesn't that surprise me.He's the king of deception all of his hit songs were sung by other artists before him.

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@gahen21

In the 1929 movie "Hallelujah", she does a dance called "The Swanee Shuffle"...I JUST commented on a video with that scene, about Elvis being inspired by (correction, STEALING from) Ms. McKinney.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to pick up on that!

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Love the videos, hope there's more like it , to come. I adore all of them even though I'm not up to date on most. But keep up the good work, and we all will. I remember my father us to be in love with Ms Nina (9 na) and he told me while watching Hallilujah that "Pretty as she is, if she would of put her rap on me while dancing with me, she would of had my pay check for years. and we laugh so hard. Since then, she has been a favorite of mine especially with the Nicholas Brothers. Black is lovely.

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My Grandmother was very warm and outgoing she died when I was 14yrs old and was in and out of the hospital for the last 3yrs of her life. She had lost most of her outer beauty because of throat cancer, they removed her jawbone. But she fought for life and rooted for her Mets til the end. She remained sweet and strong never outwardly feeling sorry for herself. Her mother Hazel Roberts was her backbone and lived 19yrs after her death.

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Do Angelina Jolie look very black to you because of her big lips?

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This is a tribute to black women, dark, brown, caramel, honey, tan, yellow, pale, of all types of features and hair textures. Black and black beauty is versatile and these women represent our versatility, sadly some can't handle it.

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