[1][2][3] As a young woman in 1919, Leathe Colvert acted in the Provincetown Players production of The Dreamy Kid.

In 1940, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia recognized her for her "distinguished service" in the schools, and she was named one of the city's 25 best teachers.

[5][6] In 1942, she served on a committee of "prominent citizens" of Harlem, including Countee Cullen and Shelton Hale Bishop, to judge auditions for young singers.

[14] She was a member of the Jamaica, New York, branch of the NAACP,[15] and served on its women's committee.

[18] She was widowed in 1945, and she died from a stroke in 1953,[19] aged 53 years, at a hospital in New York City.