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Lonette McKee

Highest Rated: 100% Round Midnight (1986)

Lowest Rated: 10% Honey 2 (2011)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1954

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dusky-voiced, elegantly beautiful leading lady of stage, screen and TV who frequently played doomed chanteuses or tragic mulattos. McKee made a highly praised film debut as the drug-addicted lead singer of a Supremes-like pop group in "Sparkle" (1976). She first appeared on Broadway as Rachel (Mrs. Jackie) Robinson in the short-lived musical "The First" (1981) and won a Tony nomination for her portrayal of Julie in the 1983 Houston Grand Opera revival of "Show Boat" (she was reportedly the first black actress to play that role in a major American production).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 89% Round Midnight
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89% 91% Malcolm X
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80% 67% Jungle Fever
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75% 57% The Cotton Club
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63% 86% ATL
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50% 71% Lift
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47% 75% Fast Food, Fast Women
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45% 30% Cuba
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41% 55% Gardens of Stone
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Lonette McKee

Lonette McKee SPARKLE, Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, 1976 SPARKLE, from left, Dwan Smith, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, 1976 SPARKLE, Lonette McKee, (left), 1976 SPARKLE, Dwan Smith, Lonette McKee, 1976 SPARKLE, Dorian Harewood, Irene Cara, Philip Michael Thomas, Dwan Smith, Lonette McKee, 1976 WHICH WAY IS UP?, Lonette McKee, Richard Pryor, 1977 JUNGLE FEVER, from left, Veronica Timbers, Lonette McKee, Wesley Snipes, 1991, ©Universal Pictures/court esy ROUND MIDNIGHT, Lonette McKee, 1986. ©Warner Bros. COTTON CLUB, Lonette McKee, Richard Gere, 1984, dancing to the jazz band View more photos

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Luv 35% 61% 2012 Grandma Beanie Actor Honey 2 10% 53% 2011 Connie Daniels Actor This Narrow Place 2011 Mrs. Shaw Actor ATL 63% 86% 2006 Priscilla Garnett Actor She Hate Me 20% 59% 2004 Lottie Actor Honey 19% 71% 2003 Darlene Daniels Actor Lift 50% 71% 2001 Elaine Actor For Love of Olivia 2001 Olivia Stewart Actor Men of Honor 42% 81% 2000 Ella Brashear Actor Fast Food, Fast Women 47% 75% 2000 Sherry-Lynn Actor Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 71% 1999 Mama Delany Actor A Day in Black and White 1999 Actor Blind Faith 81% 1998 Carol Williams Actor To Dance With Olivia 1997 Olivia "Libby" Stewart Actor Malcolm X 89% 91% 1992 Louise Little Actor Jungle Fever 80% 67% 1991 Drew Actor Dangerous Passion 38% 1990 Meg Actor The Women of Brewster Place 94% 1989 Actor Gardens of Stone 41% 55% 1987 Betty Rae Actor Round Midnight 100% 89% 1986 Darcey Leigh Actor Brewster's Millions 39% 56% 1985 Angela Drake Actor The Cotton Club 75% 57% 1984 Lila Rose Oliver Actor Illusions 1982 Mignon Dupree Actor Cuba 45% 30% 1979 Therese Mederos Actor Which Way Is Up? 20% 82% 1977 Vanetta Actor
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