Mae Johnson


Mae Johnson was a singer and dancer who performed in several American films.
She had a leading role in the 1939 film Keep Punching and appears on a lobby card promoting the film. She was also in the 1943 film Stormy Weather performing the song "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City".
She was billed as a sepia Mae West for a show at the Apollo Theater and was also referred to as Harlem's Mae West. She married "Buck" West in June 1942.

Filmography

  • Keep Punching
  • Stormy Weather
  • Thank Your Lucky Stars
  • ''Hers to Hold''