"The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!"28 September 1949Drama102 mins
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.
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Pinky (Pinki) 1949 Jeanne Crain
Pinky a light skinned black woman returns to her grandmother's house after graduating from a nursing school and falling in love with a young doctor.
Preview Clip: Pinky (1949 starring Jeanne Crain Ethel Waters and Nina Mae McKinney)
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Pinky (Jeanne Crain) a black woman who works as a nurse in Boston finds she is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered she leaves ...
Pinky (1949)
A white actress Jeanne Crain played Pinky Johnson a light complexion Black woman in the 1949 movie Pinky which co-starred Ethel Waters.
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A review of a very progressive movie with a very important message.
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