Best Supporting Actress1950 Film Fan Awards22nd Academy Awards
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Best Supporting Actress Nominee

Pinky (1949)

Ceremony Year: 1950Category: Best Supporting ActressReleased: 1949
Nominated Talent & Credits
Ethel Waters— Ethel Waters
Synopsis / Overview

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Historical Academy Record
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — 22nd Academy Awards (1950)

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