Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marietta Canty (1905-1986) was an African American actress, community activist and recipient of numerous humanist awards. As an actress, Marietta Canty first appeared on Broadway in 1933. She also appeared in 40 films between 1940 and 1955, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. Two of her first roles were in the films The Lady is Waiting (1942) and The Spoilers (1942), both with Marlene Dietrich in the leading role. Canty is perhaps best known as Delilah, Spencer Tracy's housemaid, in the comedy Father of the Bride (1950) and in its sequel Father's Little Dividend (1951). Canty retired from film acting in 1955, her last role in Hollywood was Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean, where she had a memorable part as Sal Mineo's family maid.

  • Title: Marietta Canty
  • Popularity: 4.116
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-09-30
  • Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Marietta Canty Movies

  • 1955
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    Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

    7.5 1955 HD

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own...

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  • 1951
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    Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend

    6.4 1951 HD

    Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon...

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  • 1942
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    Not a Ladies' Man

    Not a Ladies' Man

    6 1942 HD

    A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.

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  • 1944
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    Lady in the Dark

    Lady in the Dark

    4.7 1944 HD

    A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.

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  • 1953
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    The I Don't Care Girl

    The I Don't Care Girl

    6.5 1953 HD

    This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a...

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  • 1946
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    The Searching Wind

    The Searching Wind

    1 1946 HD

    Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in...

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  • 1947
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    Dear Ruth

    Dear Ruth

    7.2 1947 HD

    Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to...

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  • 1940
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    Boom Town

    Boom Town

    6.9 1940 HD

    Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil...

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  • 1949
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    Chicago Deadline

    Chicago Deadline

    6 1949 HD

    On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but...

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  • 1943
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    Three Hearts for Julia

    Three Hearts for Julia

    6 1943 HD

    When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.

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  • 1952
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    Dreamboat

    Dreamboat

    6 1952 HD

    Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been...

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  • 1952
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    The Bad and the Beautiful

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    7.3 1952 HD

    Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of...

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  • 1955
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    A Man Called Peter

    A Man Called Peter

    6.4 1955 HD

    Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him...

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  • 1951
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    A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    7.6 1951 HD

    A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.

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  • 1942
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    The Lady Is Willing

    The Lady Is Willing

    6.5 1942 HD

    Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep...

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  • 1947
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    The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

    6.2 1947 HD

    On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

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  • 1940
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    Boom Town

    Boom Town

    6.9 1940 HD

    Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil...

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  • 1943
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    Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    5.7 1943 HD

    Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.

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  • 1940
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    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    1 1940 HD

    Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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  • 1945
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    Bring on the Girls

    Bring on the Girls

    6.1 1945 HD

    A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort...

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  • 1951
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    Belle Le Grand

    Belle Le Grand

    3 1951 HD

    Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do...

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  • 1942
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    Silver Queen

    Silver Queen

    5.6 1942 HD

    A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.

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  • 1942
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    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    6.2 1942 HD

    When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle...

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  • 1950
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    Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

    7 1950 HD

    Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding...

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  • 1942
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    Johnny Doughboy

    Johnny Doughboy

    5.5 1942 HD

    As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group...

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  • 1949
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    Dear Wife

    Dear Wife

    6 1949 HD

    In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in...

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  • 1946
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    Home Sweet Homicide

    Home Sweet Homicide

    4.7 1946 HD

    Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying...

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  • 1950
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    Bright Leaf

    Bright Leaf

    5.9 1950 HD

    Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

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  • 1944
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    Goin' to Town

    Goin' to Town

    1 1944 HD

    General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.

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  • 1942
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    The Magnificent Dope

    The Magnificent Dope

    7.2 1942 HD

    Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope"...

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  • 1947
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    The Crimson Key

    The Crimson Key

    4.3 1947 HD

    Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the...

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  • 1950
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    My Foolish Heart

    My Foolish Heart

    6.7 1950 HD

    After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew...

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