Avanelle Harris
Belle Starr
as Dressed-up Freed Slave (uncredited)After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain...
Movie pageCabin in the Sky
as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory,...
Movie pageStormy Weather
as Dancer (uncredited)The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of...
Movie pageThank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Movie pageIrene
as Dancer (uncredited)Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...
Movie pageThe Singing Kid
as Dancer (uncredited)Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While...
Movie pageVogues of 1938
as Dancer in 'Turn On That Red Hot Heat - Burn Your Blues Away'An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...
Movie pageLucky Ghost
as Fourth Waitress (as Aranelle Harris)An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man)...
Movie pageDouble Deal
as Nightclub PatronTommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a...
Movie pageLow Down Dog
as uncreditedA Soundie featuring Meade (Lux) Lewis and Dudley Dickerson [with Avanelle Harris, Leonald Bluett].
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