Marietta Canty
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.
Rebel Without a Cause
as Crawford MaidAfter moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate,...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
as Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)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)Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood...
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The Spoilers
as IdabelleWhen honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon...
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Father of the Bride
as DelilahProud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...
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Father's Little Dividend
as DelilahNewly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her...
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The Sea of Grass
as Rachael (uncredited)On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...
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Boom Town
as MaidTwo 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)Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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as EmmaBased on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea...
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Home Sweet Homicide
as Cherrington HousekeeperMystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three...
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Bring on the Girls
as Ida (uncredited)A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...
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My Foolish Heart
as uncreditedAfter a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona....
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Bright Leaf
as Queenie - Sonia's Maid (uncredited)Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
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Dear Ruth
as DoraLt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth...
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Three Hearts for Julia
as Mattie, Julia's MaidWhen his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
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The Lady Is Willing
as Mary LouBold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a...
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The I Don't Care Girl
as DollyThis semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a...
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Dreamboat
as LaviniaThornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action...
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The Searching Wind
as SophroniaAlways the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie...
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Silver Queen
as RubyA beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...
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The Magnificent Dope
as JennyDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...
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Dear Wife
as DoraIn this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill...
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Chicago Deadline
as HazelOn Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads...
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as VerbenaDennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the...
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Lady in the Dark
as MarthaA neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in...
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Goin' to Town
as CamelliaGeneral store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical...
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Johnny Doughboy
as SweetheartAs sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...
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The Crimson Key
as PetuniaLarry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The...
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Belle Le Grand
as DaisyUpon 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 LucyA recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
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