Stepin Fetchit
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Born in Key West to West Indian immigrants and raised after a brief adoption in the South, he left home as a pre-teen to join a traveling carnival, where he honed singing and tap-dance skills before moving into vaudeville and adopting the stage moniker that merged “step” and “fetch it.” Leveraging the lazy-man persona, he broke several barriers: a five-year studio pact after appearing in In Old Ke…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
