Vonetta McGee

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Vonetta McGee
Born Lawrence Vonetta McGee
(1945-01-14)January 14, 1945
San Francisco, California, United States
Died July 9, 2010(2010-07-09) (aged 65)
Berkeley, California, United States
Years active 1968–2007
Spouse(s) Carl Lumbly (1987–2010, her death)

Vonetta McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress.[1]

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Life and career[edit]

Born Lawrence Vonetta Mcgee in San Francisco, to Lawrence Mcgee and Alma Mcgee (née Scott), she was named after her father.[2] She graduated from San Francisco Polytechnic High School and made her debut in 1968 as the eponymous character in the 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 Blaxploitation 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. In 1974, McGee appeared as Thomasine, alongside Max Julien as Bushrod, in the western action film Thomasine & Bushrod, which was intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. The next year, she starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the action thriller The Eiger Sanction (1975).

In 1987, McGee married the actor Carl Lumbly; they had one child, Brandon.

McGee died of cardiac arrest on July 9, 2010, at the age of 65.[3]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vonetta McGee dies at 65; film actress during 1970s blaxploitation era". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-29. 
  2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/movies/16mcgee.html?_r=0
  3. ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15522295?nclick_check=1

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