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.