Minnie Gentry

Acting

Minnie Gentry

Born 1915-12-02 · Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Acting credits

Bad Lieutenant poster
7.0

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

Bad Lieutenant

1992

Black Caesar poster
5.9

Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

Black Caesar

1973

Greased Lightning poster
6.4

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Greased Lightning

1977

Apprentice to Murder poster
5.1

Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell of this "doctor" Reese, he will soon discover Reese has murderous plans for his future. Based on a true story.

Apprentice to Murder

1988

The Brother from Another Planet poster
6.7

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

Def by Temptation poster
4.8

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.

Def by Temptation

1990

Claudine poster
7.1

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.

Claudine

1974

Hollow Image poster
5.7

A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.

Hollow Image

1979

Come Back, Charleston Blue poster
4.8

Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.

Come Back, Charleston Blue

1972

America poster
4.0

The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.

America

1986

Georgia, Georgia poster
6.0

A singer whose companion hates whites falls for a white U.S. photographer in Sweden.

Georgia, Georgia

1972

Just an Old Sweet Song poster
7.0

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.

Just an Old Sweet Song

1976