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Caption: Still of Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull and Canada Lee in Lifeboat (1944)
About James C. Canegata
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: March 3, 1907
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Known for: Lifeboat (1944), Cry, the Beloved Country (1951), Body and Soul (1947), Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)
Source: IMDB
Lee played Danny (opposite of Hilda Simms, who played Anna) in Anna Lucasta on Broadway in 1944. Anna Lucasta was the first non-black written play performed by an all black cast on Broadway. He became an actor after careers as a jockey, boxer and musician. Lee was a civil rights activist, following in the footsteps of Paul Robeson.
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