Died: 1997/09
Years Active: 1936-1988
Decades Active:
Biography
Black stage actress Edna Mae Harris
made her first film appearance as Zeba in The Green Pastures (1936). Like most
Black performers in 1930s Hollywood, Harris found it hard to get worthwhile roles in mainstream films. She did rather better in those low-budget pictures aimed at "colored" audiences, playing leads in such productions as The Spirit of Youth (a 1938 vehicle for boxer
Joe
Louis), Paradise in Harlem, and Murder on Lennox Avenue. Edna Mae Harris apparently retired in 1943. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideFilmography
Poster Search
1988 Harlem Roots, Vol. 4: Jivin' Time
Actor
1949 Take Me out to the Ball Game
Actor Fan
1948 Smart Girls Don't Talk
Actor Miss Frey
1947 Fall Guy
Actor
1946 Night and Day
Actor
1943 So's Your Uncle
Actor 2nd Woman
1942 A Night for Crime
Actor Telephone Operator
1942 X Marks the Spot
Actor Billie
1940 Paradise in Harlem
Actor
1940 Sunday Sinners
Actor
1940 The Notorious Elinor Lee
Actor
1939 Lying Lips
Actor 1938 Spirit of Youth
Actor [Starring]
1936 Fury
Actor Woman
1936 The Garden of Allah
Actor Oasis girl
1936 The Green Pastures
Actor Zeba