Minah Bird
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Born | Minah Ogbenyealu Bird 11 March 1950 |
Died | July 1995 |
Other names | Minah Uko |
Minah Ogbenyealu Bird, (11 March 1950 – July 1995) [1] was a Nigerian model and actress active in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.[2][3]
Biography[]
Bird hailed from Aba in Nigeria and was educated in both Nigeria and Finland.[4]
After appearing in such films as Up Pompeii (1971), Four Dimensions of Greta (1972), (1972), (1972), Percy's Progress (1974), Vampira (1974), Alfie Darling (1976), The Stud (1978), The London Connection (1979) and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979). Described as the "only major black starlet in British sex films",[5] she vanished from public view from the late 1970s and was found dead in her London council flat, a few weeks after suffering an apparent heart attack in 1995.[5][6][7]
Bird was listed as one of the "top black fashion models who paved the way for black women in fashion" alongside Iman and Grace Jones.[8]
She appeared on the cover of Oz magazine in November 1970.[9] She is credited with a series in the Sunday Mirror in the mid 70s that birthed the trend of Kiss N Tell stories in newspapers.[7][10]
Filmography[]
Year | Film | Role |
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1971 | Up Pompeii | Girl Bather (uncredited) |
1972 | Black girl (New Colours) | |
Four Dimensions of Greta | Cynthia | |
Maria | ||
1974 | Percy's Progress | Miss America |
Vampira | Rose | |
1976 | Alfie Darling | Gloria |
1978 | The Stud | Molly |
1979 | The London Connection | Narcotics Agent |
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Mavis (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery - Person - Minah Ogbenyealu Bird".
- ^ "Minah Bird". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
- ^ Jennings, Michael-John. "This month in the Times photographic archive: October 2020". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa. African Drum Publications. 1971.
- ^ a b Bourne, Stephen (30 November 2001). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television Second Edition. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-5539-0.
- ^ Gutowski, Gene (4 August 2011). With Balls and Chutzpah. ISBN 9781462002740.
- ^ a b Laud, Derek (27 January 2015). The Problem With Immigrants. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84954-877-9.
- ^ Zartosht, Shahin (27 January 2021). MODELING by Shahin Zartosht: A guide to becoming a Model. Shahin Zartosht. ISBN 979-8-7012-4573-8.
- ^ "Hippie Hippie Shake by Richard Neville".
- ^ "Have super-injunctions killed the kiss'n'tell?". the Guardian. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[]
- Minah Bird at IMDb
- 1950 births
- 1995 deaths
- 20th-century Nigerian actresses
- Black British actresses
- Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British female models
- Nigerian female models
- Nigerian actor stubs
- Model stubs