Pinky

Pinky by Elia Kazan

7.10

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.

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Cast

Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore as Miss Em

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters as Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

William Lundigan as Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael as Judge Walker

Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington as Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae McKinney as Rozelia

Griff Barnett

Griff Barnett as Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

Frederick O'Neal as Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden

Evelyn Varden as Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf

Raymond Greenleaf as Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich as Townsman (uncredited)

Shelby Bacon

Shelby Bacon as Boy (uncredited)

Rene Beard

Rene Beard as Teejore (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Arthur Berkeley as Townsman (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd

Mildred Boyd as Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Brayton

Margaret Brayton as Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Paul Brinegar as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Man (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Tom Coleman as Townsman (uncredited)

Eve Conrad

Eve Conrad as Woman (uncredited)

Bert Conway

Bert Conway as Loafer (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Jack Curtis as Townsman (uncredited)

Josette Deegan

Josette Deegan as Woman (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

Dick Dickinson as Man (uncredited)

Kay Garrett

Kay Garrett as Townsman (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Everett Glass as Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

William Hansen

William Hansen as Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Jimmie Horan as Townsman (uncredited)

Arthur Hunnicutt

Arthur Hunnicutt as Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

Jean Inness

Jean Inness as Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)

Wilfred Jackson

Wilfred Jackson as Boy (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

Frank Jaquet as Bailiff (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Michael Jeffers as Man (uncredited)

Beverly Ruth Jordan

Beverly Ruth Jordan as Girl (uncredited)

Geraldine Jordan

Geraldine Jordan as Girl (uncredited)

Pat Kane

Pat Kane as Man (uncredited)

Philip Kieffer

Philip Kieffer as Man (uncredited)

Read Killgore

Read Killgore as Loafer (uncredited)

Al Kunde

Al Kunde as Townsman (uncredited)

Warren Mace

Warren Mace as Intern (uncredited)

Tiger Joe Marsh

Tiger Joe Marsh as George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)

Russell Meeker

Russell Meeker as Townsman (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore as Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Robert Osterloh as Police Officer (uncredited)

Ruth Rickaby

Ruth Rickaby as Matron (uncredited)

Dan Riss

Dan Riss as Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

Katherine Sparks

Katherine Sparks as Woman (uncredited)

George Spaulding

George Spaulding as Medical Director (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Harry Tenbrook as Townsman (uncredited)

Jim Toney

Jim Toney as Baggage Man (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Bess Wade as Woman (uncredited)

Pat Walshe

Pat Walshe as Young Man (uncredited)

Blue Washington

Blue Washington as Man (uncredited)

Jasper Weldon

Jasper Weldon as Man (uncredited)

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