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name: "Marietta Canty"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marietta-canty"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 September 1905"
died: "9 July 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:31.888279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Marietta Canty

Actor. Born 30 September 1905 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died 9 July 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 September 1905, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 9 July 1986

## Biography

Marietta Canty was an American actress. Born on 30 September 1905 in Hartford, Connecticut, she died there on 9 July 1986.

She first appeared on Broadway in 1933 and acted in around 40 films between 1940 and 1955, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. Her credits include Delilah in *Father of the Bride* (1950) and its sequel *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), and the Crawford family maid in *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955). After retiring from acting she returned to Hartford, where she was active in community affairs and received several humanitarian awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, everything.explained.today.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Fi1m 84, as Crawford Maid — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)

## Also known for

- *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1951), Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), Ida (uncredited)
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Delilah
- *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), Delilah
- *The Spoilers* (1942), Idabelle
- *Boom Town* (1940), Maid, Karen's Maid (uncredited)

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