Pinky

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Age : 78 | Popularity : 10%

Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Age : 61 | Popularity : 4%

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Age : 72 | Popularity : 5%

Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady

Age : 52 | Popularity : 3%

Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Elia Kazan
Crew	Additional Writing	Elia Kazan
Art	Art Direction	Lyle R. Wheeler J. Russell Spencer
	Set Decoration	Thomas Little Walter M. Scott
Production	Producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
Sound	Original Music Composer	Alfred Newman
Writing	Screenplay	Dudley Nichols Philip Dunne
	Novel	Cid Ricketts Sumner
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Ben Nye
Camera	Director of Photography	Joseph MacDonald
Editing	Editor	Harmon Jones
Department	Role	Name

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