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Charlotte Greenwood

Charlotte Greenwood

Actress

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Frances Charlotte Greenwood (25 June 1890 - 28 December 1977) was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye." In 1913, Oliver Morosco cast her as Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo late in the run of L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalk's The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (better known in its novelization as Tik-Tok of Oz), then commissioned a successful star vehicle titled So Long Letty, which is the role that made her a star. She starred with such luminaries as Charles Ruggles, Betty Grable, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Buster Keaton, and Carmen Miranda. Most of Greenwood's best work was done on the stage, and was lauded by such critics as James Agate, Alexander Woollcott and Claudia Cassidy. One of her most successful roles was that of Juno in Cole Porter's Out of This World in which she introduced the Porter classic "I Sleep Easier Now." Although the role was written with her in mind, film commitments prevented her from playing "Aunt Eller" in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway hit Oklahoma! (1943). She got her chance in the 1955 film version, just prior to retiring in 1956. Charlotte Greenwood died in Los Angeles, California of undisclosed causes, aged 87. She was married twice, first, unsuccessfully to actor Cyril Ring, brother of actress Blanche Ring, and secondly and happily to composer Martin Broones. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlotte Greenwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 24, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: December 28, 1977 (Age 87)

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Charlotte Greenwood  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.5
ActressPhoebe Gray1942
Movie
6
ActressLucy1956
Movie
6.4
ActressWinnie Sage1941
Movie
6.5
ActressMrs. Peyton Potter1943
Movie
6.3
ActressPenelope 'Penny' Bolt1944
Movie
6.6
ActressHelen Martin1931
Movie
6.9
ActressMathilda1947
Movie
6.5
ActressAunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer1941
Movie
6.9
ActressAunt Eller1955
Movie
6.6
ActressMrs. Emilia Fielding1950
Movie
6.1
ActressKit Ballantine1940
Movie
5.8
ActressAnna1949
Movie
5.9
ActressLetty Robbins1929
Movie
5.9
ActressMartha1944
Movie
5.5
ActressMiz Agnes Tilbee1956
Movie
5.6
ActressAunt Netty1949
Movie
7.6
ActressMrs. Dugan1943
Movie
5.8
ActressPolly Hathaway1931
Movie
5.4
ActressSally Smith1931
Movie
6.2
ActressBinnie Crawford1940
Movie
6.7
ActressClara1931
Movie
6
ActressMartha Mason1941
Movie
5.4
ActressPansy Potts1931
Movie
5.9
ActressSara March1946
Movie
6
ActressMa Higgins1953
Movie
6.4
ActressLola Langdon1940
Movie
ActressEmma1928
Movie
5.9
ActressWanda Sinclair1933
Movie
7.3
ActressMrs. Crozier1932
TV Show
7.6
Actress1 Episode1960
Short Film
6.5
Actress1931
Short Film
6.2
ActressHerself1931
Short Film
6.9
Actress1930
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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