Cast: Edna Mae Harris

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edna Mae Harris. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Lying Lips

1939 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Micheaux

Cast Edna Mae Harris · Carman Newsome · Robert Earl Jones · Frances E. Williams

Synopsis A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison.

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The Notorious Elinor Lee

1940 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Micheaux

Cast Gladys Williams · Robert Earl Jones · Carman Newsome · Edna Mae Harris

Synopsis Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

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The Green Pastures

1936 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley · Marc Connelly

Cast Rex Ingram · Oscar Polk · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Frank H. Wilson

Synopsis God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

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Spirit of Youth

1938 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Harry L. Fraser

Cast Joe Louis · Clarence Muse · Edna Mae Harris · Mae Turner

Synopsis The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.

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Murder on Lenox Avenue

1941 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Dreifuss

Cast Mamie Smith · Alec Lovejoy · Norman Astwood · Augustus Smith

Synopsis Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge.

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