Vonetta McGee
American actress (1945-2010)
Vonetta Lawrence McGee was an American actress. She debuted in the Spaghetti Western The Great Silence and went on to appear in blaxploitation films such as Hammer, Melinda, Blacula, Shaft in Africa, Detroit 9000, and 1974's Thomasine & Bushrod alongside her then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy Bustin' Loose, starring as Mimi Shaw for its only season (1987–88).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 7 films (1969–1975) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | THE KREMLIN LETTER. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 121 min | 35 mm | Color | sound |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Universal Pictures | 113 min | Color | sound | |
| 1972 | Blacula | American International Productions | 92 min | Color | sound | |
| 1972 | Hammer | director, Bruce Clark. | 91 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1972 | Melinda | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 109 min | Color | sound | |
| 1974 | Thomasine & Bushrod | Gordon Parks, Jr. | ||||
| 1975 | The Eiger Sanction | Malpaso Company | 129 min | Color | sound |