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Birth Name
Nellie Wan
Born
Friday, 07 March 1873
Died
Sunday, 01 February 1959
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Horrible Horror | Tahama, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' / Tahama in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
The Buccaneer | Good Luck Charm Vendor | 1958 |
Tarzan and the Trappers | Witch Woman | 1958 |
Band of Angels | Flower Vendor | 1957 |
Something of Value | Midwife | 1957 |
Carmen Jones | Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother | 1954 |
Medic | Grandma Jonson | 1954 |
The Story of Seabiscuit | Libby | 1949 |
Mighty Joe Young | Kifa | 1949 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Horrible Horror | Tahama, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' / Tahama in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
The Buccaneer | Good Luck Charm Vendor | 1958 |
Tarzan and the Trappers | Witch Woman | 1958 |
Band of Angels | Flower Vendor | 1957 |
Something of Value | Midwife | 1957 |
Carmen Jones | Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother | 1954 |
Medic | Grandma Jonson | 1954 |
The Story of Seabiscuit | Libby | 1949 |
Mighty Joe Young | Kifa | 1949 |
Thank Your Lucky Stars | Bit in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number | 1943 |
Revenge of the Zombies | Mammy Beulah / Beulah | 1943 |
Mokey | Miss Cully - Old Black Woman | 1942 |
Sullivan's Travels | Church Harmonium Player | 1941 |
King of the Zombies | Tahama | 1941 |
Love Thy Neighbor | Lady McBeth | 1940 |
Maryland | Naomi | 1940 |
Safari | Native Woman | 1940 |
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Ruby - Black Convict Woman | 1939 |
Tell No Tales | Jim Alley's Mother | 1939 |
Kentucky | Lily | 1938 |
The Affairs of Annabel | Benzedrina - a Convict | 1938 |
The Toy Wife | Eve - a Black Servant | 1938 |
Island in the Sky | Scrubwoman | 1938 |
In Old Chicago | Hattie | 1938 |
Maid of Salem | Tituba - A Slave / Tituba | 1937 |
Can This Be Dixie? | Bit | 1936 |
San Francisco | Earthquake Survivor | 1936 |
So Red the Rose | Slave | 1935 |
Imitation of Life | Black Cook | 1934 |
Black Moon | Ruva | 1934 |
Operator 13 | Slave at Medicine Show | 1934 |
A Modern Hero | Mme. Azais' Neighbor | 1934 |
Big Time or Bust | Gussie - Betty's Maid | 1933 |
King Kong | Native | 1933 |
Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner Mustard | 1933 |
Queen Kelly | Kali Sana - Aunt's Cook | 1932 |
Jungle Mystery | Native Woman in Stockade | 1932 |
Heaven on Earth | Voodoo Sue | 1931 |
The Pagan Lady | Carla the Servant | 1931 |
The Thoroughbred | Sacharine | 1930 |
Sarah and Son | Belloc's Maid / Belloc's Maid (Uncredited) | 1930 |
Hallelujah | Church Member | 1929 |
Thunderbolt | Bit Role | 1929 |
The Carnation Kid | The Maid | 1929 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | Slave at Wedding | 1928 |
College | Cook | 1927 |
The Golden Bed | Boarding House Maid | 1925 |
The Narrow Street | Easter | 1925 |
The Lightning Rider | Mammy | 1924 |
Manslaughter | Prison Inmate | 1922 |
The Show | Maid | 1922 |
Why Change Your Wife? | Sally's Maid | 1920 |
The Fall of Babylon | Girl of the Marriage Market | 1919 |
His Musical Sneeze | Maid | 1919 |
Old Wives for New | Viola's Maid | 1918 |
Tarzan of the Apes | Esmeralda - Jane's Maid | 1918 |
The Children Pay | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1916 |
Intolerance | Girl at the Marriage Market | 1916 |
The Birth of a Nation | Black Woman - Dr. Cameron's Taunter / Black Woman | 1915 |