Edna Mae Harris

Acting

Edna Mae Harris

Born 1910-09-29 New York City, New York, USA 13 films

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 Zeba. Audiences loved her, and she received glorious reviews,…

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Filmography

13 films
Stolen Paradise poster

Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocatio…

Stolen Paradise

★ 10.0 1940

Sunday Sinners poster

Reverend Jesse Hampton has a bone to pick with the management of Club Harlem, a wildly popular nigh…

Sunday Sinners

★ 10.0 1940

Lying Lips poster

A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

Lying Lips

★ 5.0 1939

Fury poster

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the…

Fury

★ 7.5 1936