Acting

Canada Lee

Canada Lee ist vor allem bekannt für Miami Vice. Canada Lee wurde am 3. März 1907 geboren. Canada Lee starb am 9. Mai 1952 im Alter von 45 Jahren.

Geboren: 3. März 1907
Geburtsort: Manhattan, New York, US
Gestorben: 9. Mai 1952 (45 Jahre)

Biografie

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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