Kathleen Hartsfield(1921-1990)

In the 1940s, strikingly beautiful Kathleen Hartsfield was a model and movie dancer in Cabin in the Sky (1943), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Stormy Weather (1943), and Broadway Rhythm (1944). She appeared as a dancer in two of Lena Horne's biggest movies, "Cabin In The Sky" and "Stormy Weather," both films gave many African American women a chance to shine, and Kathleen was one of them. In "Cabin In The Sky," Kathleen was a dancer in the cabaret scene, and in "Stormy Weather," Kathleen was a dancer and hatcheck girl in the early nightclub scene, where she has a few minutes of close-ups while checking Bill Robinson's hat. Kathleen also appeared as a dancer in a Lena Horne number "Brazilian Boogie" in the movie "Broadway Rhythm." She definitely had the beauty, personality, and talent to become a movie star.