Pinky

Overview

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.

Cast

Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia
Griff Barnett
Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill
Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal
Jake Walters
Evelyn Varden
Evelyn Varden
Melba Wooley
Raymond Greenleaf
Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Shoreham
Fred Aldrich
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)

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