Marietta Canty

Born: 1905-09-30

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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A Streetcar Named Desire

as Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)
Released: 1951-09-19

A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious...

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The Bad and the Beautiful

as Ida (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-25

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood...

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Rebel Without a Cause

as Crawford Maid
Released: 1955-10-27

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate,...

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Father of the Bride

as Delilah
Released: 1950-05-18

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...

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Father's Little Dividend

as Delilah
Released: 1951-04-05

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her...

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Boom Town

as Maid
Released: 1940-08-30

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...

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Boom Town

as Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-30

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...

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The Spoilers

as Idabelle
Released: 1942-06-11

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon...

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The Sea of Grass

as Rachael (uncredited)
Released: 1947-04-25

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...

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A Man Called Peter

as Emma
Released: 1955-03-31

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea...

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The I Don't Care Girl

as Dolly
Released: 1953-01-14

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a...

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My Foolish Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1950-01-19

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona....

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Dreamboat

as Lavinia
Released: 1952-07-26

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action...

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Bring on the Girls

as Ida (uncredited)
Released: 1945-03-30

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...

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The Crimson Key

as Petunia
Released: 1947-07-02

Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The...

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Chicago Deadline

as Hazel
Released: 1949-11-03

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads...

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Home Sweet Homicide

as Cherrington Housekeeper
Released: 1946-10-02

Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three...

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Dear Ruth

as Dora
Released: 1947-06-10

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth...

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Bright Leaf

as Queenie - Sonia's Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1950-06-16

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

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Dear Wife

as Dora
Released: 1949-11-15

In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill...

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Silver Queen

as Ruby
Released: 1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...

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Johnny Doughboy

as Sweetheart
Released: 1942-12-31

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...

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The Lady Is Willing

as Mary Lou
Released: 1942-02-12

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a...

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Lady in the Dark

as Martha
Released: 1944-02-10

A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in...

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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

as Verbena
Released: 1943-07-14

Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the...

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Belle Le Grand

as Daisy
Released: 1951-01-27

Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger...

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Not a Ladies' Man

as Lucy
Released: 1942-05-14

A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.

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The Magnificent Dope

as Jenny
Released: 1942-07-01

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...

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The Searching Wind

as Sophronia
Released: 1946-08-09

Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie...

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Goin' to Town

as Camellia
Released: 1944-09-01

General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical...

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Three Hearts for Julia

as Mattie, Julia's Maid
Released: 1943-05-21

When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.

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