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Canada Lee

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Canada Lee

Original Name
Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata
Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
9 May 1952 (aged 45)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot
Cosmos Plot, Section 196
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Actor. A boxer in his youth, he adopted the name "Canada Lee" for the championship. He became an actor with the Harlem YMCA and won critical success in plays like "Othello," "Macbeth," and "Body and Soul." In 1939 he went to Hollywood and appeared in "Lifeboat" (1944) and "Body and Soul" (1947). He was a member of left-wing groups that were blacklisted during the 1950s. He died of a heart attack, a few days before another blacklisted actor, John Garfield, his co-star in "Body and Soul." His real name was Lionel Canegata.
Actor. A boxer in his youth, he adopted the name "Canada Lee" for the championship. He became an actor with the Harlem YMCA and won critical success in plays like "Othello," "Macbeth," and "Body and Soul." In 1939 he went to Hollywood and appeared in "Lifeboat" (1944) and "Body and Soul" (1947). He was a member of left-wing groups that were blacklisted during the 1950s. He died of a heart attack, a few days before another blacklisted actor, John Garfield, his co-star in "Body and Soul." His real name was Lionel Canegata.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
  • Added: Jul 21, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6625217/canada-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Canada Lee (3 Mar 1907–9 May 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6625217, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.