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Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is the privileged daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after he dies, a shocking secret is revealed: Unbeknownst to Amantha, her mother had been one of her father's black slaves.
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Amantha Starr is the main protagonist of the film Band of Angels (1957), she is sometimes referred to as Manty. She is also the daughter of Aaron Starr and his slave mistress Louisa.
Amantha, called "Manty" by her father and friends, grew up not knowing her racial background. All she knew about her mother was that she was named "Louisa", as engraved on her tombstone. Her father Aaron Starr, sent her to a finishing school in Cincinnati, when the slave Shad, was about to tell the truth.
She is played by Yvonne De Carlo, a beautiful 1950's actress who had previously starred as Sephora, in The Ten Commandments (1956).
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Dec 16, 2015 · When Aaron Starr dies, Amantha learns the truth. Miss Idell, the woman in charge of the finishing school where she’s been sent, has been her father’s mistress and inherited his home. Amantha can inherit nothing because she’s the daughter of one of her father’s slaves.
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Band of Angels: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black.
Yvonne De Carlo as Amantha Starr: De Carlo flawlessly embodies the role of Amantha Starr, a biracial woman who discovers her true heritage and challenges societal norms. Her nuanced portrayal effectively captures the struggles and resilience of the character. 3.
In Kentucky in the antebellum of the Civil War, Amantha Starr is the pride and joy of her father, plantation owner Aaron Starr, who treats his slaves with dignity. When he dies, Amantha learns that he mother was Black and she is included as a slave to be sold to pay his father's debts.
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Jan 14, 2022 · Before Amantha (or “Manthy”) could learn more details, she discovers that Mr. Starr had the offending slave sold from the family plantation, Starwood. He also enrolls Amantha in a school for privileged girls in Cinncinati.
