LC control no. | no 93026736 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Canty, Marietta, 1905-1986 |
Variant(s) | Canty, Marietta, d. 1986 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1905-09-30 |
Death date | 1986-07-09 |
Place of birth | Hartford (Conn.) |
Place of death | Hartford (Conn.) |
Affiliation | Lincoln 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 occupation | Actresses Nurses |
Found in | The 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) |