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name: "Mira McKinney"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 October 1892"
died: "2 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:53.853393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mira McKinney

Actor. Born 22 October 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 May 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 October 1892, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 May 1978
- **Also known as:** Myra McKinney

## Biography

Mira McKinney, also credited as Myra McKinney, was an American actress. She appeared in over one hundred film and television roles, primarily in supporting or uncredited parts, between 1936 and 1957.

Her screen debut was as the Minister's Wife in Charlie Chaplin's *Modern Times* (1936). Other film credits include uncredited roles in *Fury* (1936), *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), *Captains Courageous* (1937), *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942) and *Fallen Angel* (1945), as well as parts in *Blazing Sixes* (1937) and *Women's Prison* (1955). She also appeared in television series such as *The Lone Ranger* and *The Gene Autry Show*.

McKinney was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles in 1978. She was married to Edd X. Russell.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, as Minister's Wife — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)

## Also known for

- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), Customer (uncredited)
- *Fury* (1936), Hysterical Townswoman at Trial (uncredited)
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Bit Role (uncredited)
- *Fallen Angel* (1945), Mrs. Judd (uncredited)
- *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942), Vic's Wife (uncredited)
- *The Mummy's Ghost* (1944), Martha Evans (uncredited)
- *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), Survivor at Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
- *Sitting Pretty* (1948), Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

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