Edna Mae Harris
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Stage Door Canteen
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
Stolen Paradise
as Maid
Sunday Sinners
as Corrine Aiken
The Notorious Elinor Lee
as Fredi Welsh
Lying Lips
as Elsie Bellwood
Paradise in Harlem
as Doll Davis
Spirit of Youth
as Mary Bowdin
The Green Pastures
as Zeba
Bullets or Ballots
as Rose - Lee's Maid (uncredited)
Fury
as Black Woman (uncredited)
Private Number
as Lulu (Uncredited)