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Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. Lee later starred in Welles's original Broadway production of Native Son (1941). A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson. Lee was the father of actor Carl Lee.

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  • Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. Lee later starred in Welles's original Broadway production of Native Son (1941). A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson. Lee was the father of actor Carl Lee. (en)
  • Canada Lee (eigentlich Lionel Cornelius Canegata; * 3. März 1907 in New York City; † 9. Mai 1952 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Sportler und Aktivist in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der 1930er- und 1940er-Jahre. Kurz vor einem Termin vor dem Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe starb er an Nierenversagen, das zu einer tödlichen Harnvergiftung (Urämie) führte. (de)
  • Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata, né le 3 mars 1907 à New York (État de New York), ville où il est mort le 9 mai 1952, est un acteur américain, connu sous le nom de scène de Canada Lee. (fr)
  • 캐나다 리(Canada Lee, 1907년 3월 3일 ~ 1952년 5월 9일)는 미국의 밴드리더, 연극 배우, 영화배우, 기수, 권투 선수이다. 맨해튼에서 태어났으며 뉴욕에서 사망하였다.(사인: 심근 경색) (ko)
  • Canada Lee, pseudônimo de Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata (Nova Iorque, 3 de março de 1907 — 9 de maio de 1952) foi um boxeador e ator estadunidense, pioneiro na profissão entre os afro-americanos e ativista dos direitos humanos. Pai do também ator . Antes da carreira como ator, Lee fora jóquei e boxeador; morreu em sua casa, de um ataque cardíaco fulminante, com apenas 45 anos de idade. Está sepultado no Cemitério de Woodlawn. (pt)
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  • J. Flashe Riley , Canada Lee and Wardell Saunders in Native Son (en)
  • Canada Lee as Bertram in Haiti (en)
  • Lee as Banquo in Act I, Scene 2, of Macbeth (en)
  • Lee in 1948 (en)
  • Lobby card for Lost Boundaries (en)
  • Poster for Haiti (en)
  • Poster for Macbeth (en)
  • Lee as Banquo in the Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth (en)
  • Driscoll comforts the dying Yank in the Federal Theatre Project revival of Eugene O'Neill's Bound East for Cardiff, comprised in the production One-Act Plays of the Sea (en)
  • Canada Lee , Eileen Burns and Evelyn Ellis in Native Son (en)
  • Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas in the Mercury Theatre production of Native Son (en)
  • Canada Lee appeared in two of the four one-act plays comprising Eugene O'Neill's S.S. Glencairn cycle (en)
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  • Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. Lee later starred in Welles's original Broadway production of Native Son (1941). A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson. Lee was the father of actor Carl Lee. (en)
  • Canada Lee (eigentlich Lionel Cornelius Canegata; * 3. März 1907 in New York City; † 9. Mai 1952 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Sportler und Aktivist in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der 1930er- und 1940er-Jahre. Kurz vor einem Termin vor dem Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe starb er an Nierenversagen, das zu einer tödlichen Harnvergiftung (Urämie) führte. (de)
  • Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata, né le 3 mars 1907 à New York (État de New York), ville où il est mort le 9 mai 1952, est un acteur américain, connu sous le nom de scène de Canada Lee. (fr)
  • 캐나다 리(Canada Lee, 1907년 3월 3일 ~ 1952년 5월 9일)는 미국의 밴드리더, 연극 배우, 영화배우, 기수, 권투 선수이다. 맨해튼에서 태어났으며 뉴욕에서 사망하였다.(사인: 심근 경색) (ko)
  • Canada Lee, pseudônimo de Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata (Nova Iorque, 3 de março de 1907 — 9 de maio de 1952) foi um boxeador e ator estadunidense, pioneiro na profissão entre os afro-americanos e ativista dos direitos humanos. Pai do também ator . Antes da carreira como ator, Lee fora jóquei e boxeador; morreu em sua casa, de um ataque cardíaco fulminante, com apenas 45 anos de idade. Está sepultado no Cemitério de Woodlawn. (pt)
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