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person_profile-Charlotte Greenwood

Charlotte Greenwood Died at age: 87

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Charlotte Greenwood

Date of Birth:

Jun 24, 1890

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 28, 1977

Biography of

Charlotte Greenwood

    ​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.

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Filmography of

Charlotte Greenwood

Found 28 Movies in total

The Opposite Sex

Lucy ( Actor )

... 1956

Glory

Miz Agnes Tilbee ( Actor )

... 1956

Oklahoma!

Aunt Eller ( Actor )

... 1955

Dangerous When Wet

Ma Higgins ( Actor )

... 1953

Peggy

Mrs. Emilia Fielding ( Actor )

... 1950

... 1949

The Great Dan Patch

Aunt Netty ( Actor )

... 1949

Driftwood

Mathilda ( Actor )

... 1947

Wake Up and Dream

Sara March ( Actor )

... 1946

Up in Mabel's Room

Martha ( Actor )

... 1944

Home in Indiana

Penelope 'Penny' Bolt ( Actor )

... 1944

The Gang's All Here

Mrs. Peyton Potter ( Actor )

... 1943

Dixie Dugan

Mrs. Dugan ( Actor )

... 1943

Springtime in the Rockies

Phoebe Gray ( Actor )

... 1942

The Perfect Snob

Martha Mason ( Actor )

... 1941

Moon Over Miami

Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer ( Actor )

... 1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Winnie Sage ( Actor )

... 1941

Down Argentine Way

Binnie Crawford ( Actor )

... 1940

Young People

Kit Ballantine ( Actor )

... 1940

Star Dust

Lola Langdon ( Actor )

... 1940

Orders Is Orders

Wanda Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1933

Cheaters at Play

Mrs. Crozier ( Actor )

... 1932

Flying High

Pansy Potts ( Actor )

... 1931

Palmy Days

Helen Martin ( Actor )

... 1931

The Man in Possession

Clara ( Actor )

... 1931

Stepping Out

Sally Smith ( Actor )

... 1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Polly Hathaway ( Actor )

... 1931

So Long Letty

Letty Robbins ( Actor )

... 1929