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About Stepin Fetchit
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American comedian and film actor who had his greatest fame throughout the 1930s. In films and on stage, the persona of Stepin Fetchit was billed as "the Laziest Man in the World."
Perry parlayed the Fetchit persona into a successful film career and became a millionaire. He was the first Black actor to do so. He was also the first Black actor to receive featured screen credit in a film.
He was born in Key West, Florida to West Indian immigrants. He was the second child of Joseph Perry, a cigar maker from Jamaica (although some sources indicate the Bahamas) and Dora Monroe, a seamstress from Nassau.
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Stepin Fetchit's Timeline
1902 |
May 30, 1902
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Key West, Monroe, Florida
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1935 |
1935
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1985 |
November 19, 1985
Age 83
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Motion Picture & Television Country House, Woodland Hills, California
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Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California
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