Film Star of blaxploitation era, "Blacula" and “Shaft in Africa” Dies at 65
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Movie siren Vonetta McGee, star of such blaxploitation era films as “Shaft in Africa” and “Blacula,” has died. She was 65.
The actress, born Lawrence Vonetta McGee in San Francisco, suffered a cardiac arrest on July 9 and died in the hospital last Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
McGee also starred in 1975’s “The Eiger Sanction” alongside Clint Eastwood, playing the role of Jemima Brown. But it was her role two years earlier opposite Richard Roundtree in “Shaft in Africa” that made her a household name.
Movie Siren Vonetta McGee
In 1987, McGee married the actor Carl Lumbly; they have one child.
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