Mira Mckinney


Biography

Mira McKinney was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In her early acting career, McKinney appeared in such films as the Charlie Chaplin comedy "Modern Times" (1936), "Alias the Deacon" (1940) and "Madame Spy" (1942). She also appeared in the crime flick "Fallen Angel" (1946) with Alice Faye. She continued to act in productions like the adaptation "Beat the Band" (1947...

Biography

Mira McKinney was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In her early acting career, McKinney appeared in such films as the Charlie Chaplin comedy "Modern Times" (1936), "Alias the Deacon" (1940) and "Madame Spy" (1942). She also appeared in the crime flick "Fallen Angel" (1946) with Alice Faye. She continued to act in productions like the adaptation "Beat the Band" (1947) with Frances Langford, the Joan Crawford dramatic adaptation "Harriet Craig" (1950) and "Heart of the Rockies" (1951) with Roy Rogers. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the Ginger Rogers comedy "The Groom Wore Spurs" (1951), the musical "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (1952) with Frankie Laine and "The Last Posse" (1953). McKinney last acted in the drama "Women's Prison" (1955) with Ida Lupino. McKinney passed away in May 1978 at the age of 86.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Women's Prison (1955)
Burke
Riding Shotgun (1954)
Townswoman
The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)
Pianist
The Last Posse (1953)
Mrs. Mitchell
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
Mrs. Potterby
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)
Mrs. Abernathy
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
Mrs. Forbes
Heart of the Rockies (1951)
Mrs. Edsel
The Blue Veil (1951)
Customer
The Unknown Man (1951)
Maid
Hunt the Man Down (1951)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Member
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Harriet Craig (1950)
Mrs. Winston
Prisoners in Petticoats (1950)
Matron
Destination Big House (1950)
Mrs. Carroll
Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
Mrs. J. G. Mahoney
Fancy Pants (1950)
Mollie
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
Grocer's wife
Prejudice (1949)
Let's Live a Little (1948)
Dressmaker
T-Men (1948)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Patient
Mickey (1948)
Office nurse
Beat the Band (1947)
Mrs. Rogers
Something in the Wind (1947)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
Margaud "Maggie" Morgan
Linda, Be Good (1947)
Mrs. Thompson
I've Always Loved You (1946)
Music teacher
Junior Prom (1946)
Mrs. [Isabel] Rogers
Talk About a Lady (1946)
Letitia Harrison
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
Kate Johnson
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Nurse
Hold That Blonde (1945)
Mrs. Sedgemore
Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
Harriet Sterling
Fallen Angel (1945)
Mrs. Judd
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Actress at party
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
Jail matron
Standing Room Only (1944)
Colonel's wife
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Mrs. Evans
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Portress
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
Customer
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Miss Priddy
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
Elvira
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Pittsburgh (1942)
Tilda
Madame Spy (1942)
Red Cross woman
Lady in a Jam (1942)
Lady of the evening
All Through the Night (1942)
Wife
Nice Girl? (1941)
Woman gossip
Bachelor Daddy (1941)
Landlady
Double Trouble (1941)
Mrs. Whitmore
A Dangerous Game (1941)
Mrs. Hubbard
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Miss Gomez
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Cashier
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
Lady at launching
You Belong to Me (1941)
Lipstick woman
It Started with Eve (1941)
Earthbound (1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Miss Dell
Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Customer
An Angel from Texas (1940)
Mrs. Mills
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Hot Steel (1940)
Elvira Appleby
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Mrs. Reynolds
Alias the Deacon (1940)
Mrs. Gregory
Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
Miss Woods
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
Newspaper woman
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Watiress
Risky Business (1939)
Mother
I Stole a Million (1939)
Mrs. Loomis
Stop--Look and Love (1939)
Flower woman
Cafe Society (1939)
Secretary
Bridal Suite (1939)
Mrs. Spies
Sweethearts (1938)
Telephone operator
The Great Waltz (1938)
Miss Dunkel
Young Fugitives (1938)
[Miss] Letty
The Road to Reno (1938)
Hannah
Garden of the Moon (1938)
The Sisters (1938)
Meet the Missus (1937)
Blazing Sixes (1937)
Aunt Sarah
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
Ida Gilbert
Music for Madame (1937)
Admirer
Captains Courageous (1937)
Back in Circulation (1937)
Fury (1936)
Hysterical woman
Modern Times (1936)
The chaplain's wife

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