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Minto Cato (born La Minto Cato, August 23, 1900 – October 26, 1979) was a mezzo-soprano opera singer and show performer during the Harlem Renaissance from the 1920s to the late 1940s.
Minto Cato was a mezzo-soprano opera singer and show performer during the Harlem Renaissance from the 1920s to the late 1940s.
Minto Cato, an opera singer and actress, was born in 1900 and died in 1979. A member of the National Negro Opera Company, she also appeared in productions of Gentlemen Unafraid (1938) and Showboat (1938-1942) at the St. Louis Municipal Theater ("The Muny"), and on Broadway in Blackbirds (1930) and John Henry (1940).
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Minto Cato was born on 23 August 1900. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Chicago (1932) and The End of the River (1947). She died on 26 October 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- August 23, 1900
- Minto Cato
- October 26, 1979
6 days ago · "Memories of You" was composed by pianist Eubie Blake and lyricist Andy Razaf in 1930 for Lew Leslie's Broadway show Blackbirds of 1930. Vocalist Minto Cato sang it on the show: "I wrote that song in an octave and a fifth," said Blake, "to show off a girl's voice, Minto Cato. You never heard anyone sing
MLA Format. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Minto Cato" The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
