In his Hollywood debut, Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" (1944), Lee won notice for the quiet authority and intelligence of his heroic ship's steward. ... LIFEBOAT, from left: Canada Lee, Heather Angel (both in water), Henry Hull, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, 1944, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.

Known for: Lifeboat, Cry, the Beloved Country, Keep Punching

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A look at movies, books, TV, comics, music, and other things that deserve to be less obscure. (1907-1952) Wikipedia Page Boxing record IMDB Entry Internet Broadway Database Entry · Canada Lee led a remarkable life. In his heyday, he was second only the Paul Robson* as the best Black actor ...

May 8, 2020 - In fact, the role of Joe, in “Lifeboat,” was originally written stereotypically but Lee refused to portray it that way. Not only did he change the role but Lee’s reinvented character became the moral center of the film. Canada Lee was determined to do whatever it took to be a man and to live his life with integrity.

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Cry, The Beloved Country (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Brother In Christ Opening scene, South African minister Kumalo (Canada Lee) with his wife (Albertina Temba), receiving alarming news from Johannesburg, in Zoltan Korda's Cry, The Beloved Country, ...

June 29, 2008 - In 1934, after leading an unsuccessful band, Lee auditioned at the Harlem YMCA for Works Progress Administration (WPA) theatrical production Brother Mose. Lee got the role but soon turned to motion picture acting. In 1935 at the age of 28 he played a stevedore named Charlie in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Lifeboat.

May 3, 2025 - This date marks the birth of Canada Lee (Lionel Cornelius Canegata, his name at birth) in 1907. He was an African American actor and one of the leading Black actors of the 1940s and 1950s. His film credits include Alfred Hitchcock’s "Lifeboat" and Robert Rosen’s "Body and Soul."

The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II. Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Kate Winslet Directed by: Ellen Kuras · In Theatres:Sep 27, 2024 ...

September 27, 2024 - Movie · Drama · Biography · Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet).

May 1, 2024 - Lee portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet).

December 16, 2025 - Lee took a break from the road tour to make his motion picture debut in Keep Punching (1939), a film about boxing. He made his radio debut as narrator of the weekly CBS jazz series Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm (1940–41).

March 1, 2008 - His outspoken criticism of segregation made him the target of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Blacklist and erased from history, Canada's tarnished legacy is finally restored to its rightful place through the memories of his 86-year-old widow, Frances Lee Pearson, his close friends, and historia...

August 11, 2025 - Korda in transmitting such a difficult and sobering theme.” – New York Times · Cry, the Beloved Country is the BAFTA nominated film of the acclaimed novel by Alan Paton (Debbie Go Home).

[Professor Miller Lucky on Canada Lee]: Lee played Danny (opposite of Hilda Simms, who played Anna) in Anna Lucasta on Broadway in 1944.

The following year Lee appeared as Caliban in a stage production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. In 1946 he starred in a play about black-white relations, On Whitman Avenue, topping that later in the year with a dazzling performance—in whiteface—playing opposite the celebrated actress Elisabeth Bergner in The Duchess of Mal fi. It was the first time a black actor had appeared on the American stage in a white role. “The choice was made simply on Canada Lee’s outstanding histrionic ability,” the London Daily Telegraph reported.

The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Lee took a break from the road tour to make his motion picture debut in Keep Punching (1939), a film about boxing.[3]: 69–70 He made his radio debut as narrator of the weekly CBS jazz series Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm (1940–41).[3]: 71 [15] As that regular series came to an end, he opened a restaurant at 102 West 136th Street, Canada Lee's Chicken Coop, which offered authentic South Carolina cuisine, jazz and blues.