Marietta Canty
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Born in Hartford, Connecticut to Mary and Henry Canty, she grew up attending the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and took part in Republican canvassing before making her Broadway debut in 1933. Over the next two decades she appeared in roughly forty motion pictures, frequently cast in domestic servant roles typical for African-American actresses of the era. Her early screen…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
