Cherokee Thornton
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 3, 1880
Place of Birth: Nassau, Bahamas
Known For
The Girl from Chicago
An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss.
God's Step Children
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
Birthright
After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
Lying Lips
A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.
Harlem After Midnight
Gangsters in Harlem make plans to commit a kidnapping.
Filmography
as John Landry
as Clyde Wade
as The Persimmon
as A "Snitch"