Discover
Birth Name
Nellie Wan
Born
Friday, 07 March 1873
Died
Sunday, 01 February 1959
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Tahama, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' / Tahama in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| The Buccaneer | Good Luck Charm Vendor | 1958 |
| Tarzan and the Trappers | Witch Woman | 1958 |
| Band of Angels | Flower Vendor | 1957 |
| Something of Value | Midwife | 1957 |
| Carmen Jones | Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother | 1954 |
| Medic | Grandma Jonson | 1954 |
| The Story of Seabiscuit | Libby | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Kifa | 1949 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Tahama, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' / Tahama in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| The Buccaneer | Good Luck Charm Vendor | 1958 |
| Tarzan and the Trappers | Witch Woman | 1958 |
| Band of Angels | Flower Vendor | 1957 |
| Something of Value | Midwife | 1957 |
| Carmen Jones | Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother | 1954 |
| Medic | Grandma Jonson | 1954 |
| The Story of Seabiscuit | Libby | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Kifa | 1949 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Bit in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number | 1943 |
| Revenge of the Zombies | Mammy Beulah / Beulah | 1943 |
| Mokey | Miss Cully - Old Black Woman | 1942 |
| Sullivan's Travels | Church Harmonium Player | 1941 |
| King of the Zombies | Tahama | 1941 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Lady McBeth | 1940 |
| Maryland | Naomi | 1940 |
| Safari | Native Woman | 1940 |
| Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Ruby - Black Convict Woman | 1939 |
| Tell No Tales | Jim Alley's Mother | 1939 |
| Kentucky | Lily | 1938 |
| The Affairs of Annabel | Benzedrina - a Convict | 1938 |
| The Toy Wife | Eve - a Black Servant | 1938 |
| Island in the Sky | Scrubwoman | 1938 |
| In Old Chicago | Hattie | 1938 |
| Maid of Salem | Tituba - A Slave / Tituba | 1937 |
| Can This Be Dixie? | Bit | 1936 |
| San Francisco | Earthquake Survivor | 1936 |
| So Red the Rose | Slave | 1935 |
| Imitation of Life | Black Cook | 1934 |
| Black Moon | Ruva | 1934 |
| Operator 13 | Slave at Medicine Show | 1934 |
| A Modern Hero | Mme. Azais' Neighbor | 1934 |
| Big Time or Bust | Gussie - Betty's Maid | 1933 |
| King Kong | Native | 1933 |
| Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner Mustard | 1933 |
| Queen Kelly | Kali Sana - Aunt's Cook | 1932 |
| Jungle Mystery | Native Woman in Stockade | 1932 |
| Heaven on Earth | Voodoo Sue | 1931 |
| The Pagan Lady | Carla the Servant | 1931 |
| The Thoroughbred | Sacharine | 1930 |
| Sarah and Son | Belloc's Maid / Belloc's Maid (Uncredited) | 1930 |
| Hallelujah | Church Member | 1929 |
| Thunderbolt | Bit Role | 1929 |
| The Carnation Kid | The Maid | 1929 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Slave at Wedding | 1928 |
| College | Cook | 1927 |
| The Golden Bed | Boarding House Maid | 1925 |
| The Narrow Street | Easter | 1925 |
| The Lightning Rider | Mammy | 1924 |
| Manslaughter | Prison Inmate | 1922 |
| The Show | Maid | 1922 |
| Why Change Your Wife? | Sally's Maid | 1920 |
| The Fall of Babylon | Girl of the Marriage Market | 1919 |
| His Musical Sneeze | Maid | 1919 |
| Old Wives for New | Viola's Maid | 1918 |
| Tarzan of the Apes | Esmeralda - Jane's Maid | 1918 |
| The Children Pay | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1916 |
| Intolerance | Girl at the Marriage Market | 1916 |
| The Birth of a Nation | Black Woman - Dr. Cameron's Taunter / Black Woman | 1915 |
