Actor
Millie Monroe
Born August 15, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died July 30, 19837 films
Gorgeous, vivacious, glamour girl Millie Monroe was another black beauty that contributed her talent and beauty to films but didn't get the fair chance she so deserved in films. Millie Monroe was a California based dancer, singer, and actress who appeared in many Hollywood and race films in the 1940s. Because of her striking resemblance to Lena Horne, Millie was chosen to be a stand-in for Lena in Cabin in the Sky. Millie also performed in Duke Ellington's stage production of "Jump for Joy," a sensational musical that included many at the time would be legends performers like Dorothy Dandridge and Herb Jeffries.
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First watchStormy Weather19436.8as Dancer (uncredited)The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.View filmFilmography
7 films as actor- 1947Pigmeat's Laugh Hepcats
- 1943Thank Your Lucky StarsDancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- 1943Stormy WeatherDancer (uncredited)
- 1942Lucky GhostFirst Waitress
- 1941Up Jumped the Devil
- 1940Mr. Smith Goes Ghost
- 1940One Big Mistake