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Canty, Marietta, 1905-1986

LC control no.no 93026736
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Personal name headingCanty, Marietta, 1905-1986
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Variant(s)Canty, Marietta, d. 1986
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1905-09-30
Death date1986-07-09
Place of birthHartford (Conn.)
Place of deathHartford (Conn.)
AffiliationLincoln Hospital (New York, N.Y.). School of Nursing African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church National Council of Negro Women
Terry Steam Turbine Corporation (Firm)
Profession or occupationActresses Nurses
Found inThe searching wind, 1946: credits (with Marietta Canty)
Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1988 (Canty, Marietta; d. 1986; Black American character actress)
African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Canty, Marietta; Mary Etta Canty; actress, nurse; born 30 September 1905 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States; studied at Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, New York City; performed in a stage production,The Night of January 16th, Miami Beach, Florida (1940); her last movie was Rebel without a Cause (1956); woerked as a nurse at Terry Steam Turbine Corporation, Hartford until 1971; searved as president of the Local Home Mission of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1960-1980), director for New England Annual Conference of the AME Zion Church (1956-1980), president of National Council of Negro Women, Hartford; received Humanitarian Award from National Council of Negro Women, Hartford Section (1969); died 09 July 1986 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States)