Nicky O'Daniel was an American actress on stage and screen. In the short film Caldonia she portrays the title character, a possessive girlfriend who convinces her man not to go to Hollywood for a film production but to stay New York City. [1] She was one of the performers featured in the 1945 short film It Happened in Harlem . A soundie titled The Pollard Jump (1946) includes her dancing. [2] [3] [4]