| LC control no. | n 85378899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fetchit, Stepin |
| Variant(s) | Perry, Lincoln |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1902-05-30 |
| Death date | 1985-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Key West (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures |
| Affiliation | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Profession or occupation | Actors |
| Found in | Bachelor of Arts. John Erskine's Bachelor of Arts [MP] 1934: credits (Cast, Stepin Fetchit) Halliwell's Filmgoer's companion, 1983 (Stepin Fetchit; b. 1898; AKA Lincoln Perry; American Negro comedian) Performing arts biog. master index, 1981 (Stepin Fetchit; b. 1902 (4 sources) b. 1892 (2 sources) b. 1898 (2 sources) b. 1896 (1 source); d. 1977) NY times, 11/21/85 (Stepin Fetchit, first black to win film fame, dies at 83; resided at Motion Picture and Television County House since 1977) Washington post, 11-21-85 (Stepin Fetchit, 83, dies; pioneer black film actor; b. Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry in Key West, Fla.; d. Nov. 19, 1985 at Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif.) Internet Movie Database, Apr. 24, 2013 (Stepin Fetchit; b. May 30, 1902, Key West, Fla., USA; d. Nov. 19, 1985, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Calif., USA; actor; birth name Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry) African American National Biography Online, accessed December 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Fetchit, Stepin; born Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry; stage / screen actor; born 30 May 1892 in Key West, Florida, United States; his movie career was launched when he won the role of a stableboy in MGM's In Old Kentucky (1927); best-remembered feature films were those he made with Will Rogers, including David Harum and Judge Priest (both 1934); one of the subjects of a Columbia (CBS) Broadcasting System television documentary, Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed; received a special Image Award from the Hollywood Chapter of the NAACP (1976); elected to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1978); died 19 November 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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