Mae Johnson
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Mae Johnson (September 13, 1917 - March 29, 1999) was a singer and dancer who performed in several American films.
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She had a leading role in the 1939 film Keep Punching and appears on a lobby card promoting the film.[1] She was also in the 1943 film Stormy Weather performing the song "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City".[2]
She was billed as a sepia Mae West for a show at the Apollo Theater and was also referred to as Harlem's Mae West.[3] She married "Buck" West in June 1942.[3]