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Pinky (1949)

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Jeanne CrainJeanne CrainPatricia "Pinky" Johnson
  • Photo of Ethel BarrymoreEthel BarrymoreMiss Em
  • Photo of Ethel WatersEthel WatersDicey Johnson
  • Photo of William LundiganWilliam LundiganDr. Thomas Adams
  • Photo of Basil RuysdaelBasil RuysdaelJudge Walker
  • Photo of Kenny WashingtonKenny WashingtonDr. Canady
  • Photo of Nina Mae McKinneyNina Mae McKinneyRozelia
  • Photo of Griff BarnettGriff BarnettDr. Joe McGill
  • Photo of Frederick O'NealFrederick O'NealJake Walters
  • Photo of Evelyn VardenEvelyn VardenMelba Wooley

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