Journal of Popular Culture (1991) - Canada Lee: Black Actor in Non-Traditional Roles

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• article: Canada Lee: Black Actor in Non-Traditional Roles
• author(s): Glende E. Gill
• journal: Journal of Popular Culture (01/Dec/1991)
• issue: volume 25, issue 3, pages 79-89
• DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1991.00079.x
• journal ISSN: 0022-3840
• publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• keywords: Academy Awards, Actors, Alfred Hitchcock, Blacks, Canada Lee, Chicago, Illinois, George M. Wilson, John Houseman, Lifeboat (1944), New York City, New York, Personal profiles

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Abstract

Canada Lee was an important black actor who appeared as Banquo in the 1936 staging of "Macbeth," Bertram in the 1938 "Haiti," and a noble steward in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 movie "Lifeboat." Lee is profiled, and his career as a black actor in non-traditional roles is discussed.