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- Birth nameHarry Gustavus Levette
- Harry Levette was born on November 28, 1883 in Bridgeport, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for While Thousands Cheer (1940), Gang Smashers (1938) and Take My Life (1942). He died on October 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Harry Levette was a retired dining car cook for the Union Pacific Railroad.
- Sports and entertainment editor of the California Eagle, a newspaper serving the African American community of Los Angeles and greater Southern California. He also managed nightly vaudeville shows for the Tivoli Theater in Los Angeles. It was in this latter capacity that, in May 1931, he hired Hattie McDaniel, newly arrived in town, to sing in one of his shows.
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