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Marietta Canty
Born: 30th Sep 1905 Hartford, Connecticut, USA - Died 9th Jul 1986
Dept: Acting
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Marietta Canty (1905-1986) was an African American actress, community activist and recipient of numerous humanist awards.
As an actress, Marietta Canty first appeared on Broadway in 1933. She also appeared in 40 films between 1940 and 1955, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. Two of her first roles were in the films The Lady is Waiting (1942) and The Spoilers (1942), both with Marlene Dietrich in the leading role. Canty is perhaps best known as Delilah, Spencer Tracy's housemaid, in the comedy Father of the Bride (1950) and in its sequel Father's Little Dividend (1951). Canty retired from film acting in 1955, her last role in Hollywood was Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean, where she had a memorable part as Sal Mineo's family maid.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 35
Film: 35 (100%)
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Filmography
1955
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems ... view
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Crawford Maid
1955
Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him whe ... view
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Emma
1953
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story ... view
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Dolly
1952
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of vari ... view
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Ida (uncredited)
1952
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been vio ... view
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Lavinia (uncredited)
1951
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downw ... view
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Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)
1951
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be ... view
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Delilah
1951
Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do w ... view
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Daisy
1950
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans t ... view
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Angelique, Suzette's Maid (uncredited)
1950
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market. ... view
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Queenie - Sonia's Maid (uncredited)
1950
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, ... view
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Delilah
1950
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew W ... view
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1949
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in oppositio ... view
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Dora
1949
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but c ... view
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Hazel
1948
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, ... view
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Mary (uncredited)
1947
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife ... view
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Petunia
1947
Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to b ... view
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Dora
1947
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals. ... view
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Rachael (uncredited)
1946
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying ... view
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Cherrington Housekeeper
1946
Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in ... view
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Sophronia
1945
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hote ... view
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Ida (uncredited)
1944
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them. ... view
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Camellia
1944
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true. ... view
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Pearl
1944
A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life. ... view
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Martha
1943
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens. ... view
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Verbena
1943
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again. ... view
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Mattie, Julia's Maid
1942
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group o ... view
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Sweetheart
1942
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's. ... view
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Ruby
1942
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" t ... view
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Jenny
1942
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle wit ... view
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Idabelle
1942
A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher. ... view
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Lucy
1942
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep t ... view
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Mary Lou
1940
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil t ... view
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Karen's Maid (uncredited)
1940
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil t ... view
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Maid
1940
Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal. ... view
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Woman with Child