Canada Lee

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Canada Lee

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(età 45)
Luogo di nascita
Manhattan, New York, US
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8 titoli

Biografia

Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson.

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Filmografia 8

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1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Film Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
1984 Miami Vice TV Shango (1 ep)
1951 Piangi mio amato paese Film Stephen Kumalo
1949 Lost Boundaries Film Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson
1947 Anima e corpo Film Ben Chaplin
1944 Prigionieri dell'oceano Film Joe Spencer
1942 Henry Browne, Farmer Film Narrator (voice)
1939 Keep Punching Film Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)
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