Vonetta McGee
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Vonetta McGee (born Lawrence Vonetta McGee on January 14, 1940) is an American actress.
[edit] Life and career
Vonetta McGee was born in San Francisco. She graduated from the Polytechnic High School in San Francisco in 1962. She made her debut in 1968 as the eponymous star of Italian comedy Faustina. In the same year she performed alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski in the Western The Great Silence, but became well-known for her parts in the 1972 action films Melinda and Hammer.
In the action thriller Shaft in Africa (1973), McGee took the role of Aleme, the daughter of an emir, who teaches John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) Ethiopian geography. She also starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the action thriller The Eiger Sanction (1975).
In 1987, McGee married the actor Carl Lumbly; they have one child.
[edit] Selected Filmography
- 1968: Faustina
- 1968: The Great Silence (Il grande silenzio, Le grand silence)
- 1969: The Lost Man
- 1970: The Kremlin Letter
- 1972: Melinda
- 1972: Blacula
- 1972: Hammer
- 1973: Shaft in Africa
- 1975: The Eiger Sanction
- 1977: Brothers
- 1978: Superdome
- 1984: Repo Man
- 1984-1986: Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
- 1985: Hell Town
- 1987: Bustin' Loose (TV series)
- 1989-1990: L.A. Law (TV series)
- 1990: To Sleep with Anger
- 1998: Johnny B Good
[edit] External links
- This article was initially translated from the Wikipedia article Vonetta McGee, specifically from this version.
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