Canada Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Canada Lee

American actor

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1907

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 09-May-1952

Profession: bandleader, jockey, stage actor, film actor, boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata, March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American actor who pioneered roles for African Americans.
After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, most notably in a 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles.
Lee later starred in Welles's original Broadway production of Native Son (1941).
A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He furthered the African-American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson.
Lee was the father of actor Carl Lee.