Charlotte Greenwood

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlotte Greenwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1890-06-24

Died: 1977-12-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	Miss George Washington	Attendee at tea social	0
2	1928	Baby Mine	Emma	0
3	1929	So Long Letty	Letty Robbins	59
4	1930	Love Your Neighbor		0
5	1931	Girls Will Be Boys		0
6	1931	Parlor, Bedroom and Bath	Polly Hathaway	52
7	1931	Stepping Out	Sally Smith	65
8	1931	The Man in Possession	Clara	65
9	1931	Palmy Days	Helen Martin	70
10	1931	Flying High	Pansy Potts	48
11	1931	The Christmas Party	Herself	49
12	1932	Cheaters at Play	Mrs. Crozier	0
13	1933	Orders Is Orders	Wanda Sinclair	0
14	1940	Star Dust	Lola Langdon	47
15	1940	Young People	Kit Ballantine	46
16	1940	Down Argentine Way	Binnie Crawford	61
17	1941	Tall, Dark and Handsome	Winnie Sage	57
18	1941	Moon Over Miami	Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer	61
19	1941	The Perfect Snob	Martha Mason	63
20	1942	Springtime in the Rockies	Phoebe Gray	67
21	1943	Dixie Dugan	Mrs. Dugan	50
22	1943	The Gang's All Here	Mrs. Peyton Potter	58
23	1944	Home in Indiana	Penelope 'Penny' Bolt	56
24	1944	Up in Mabel's Room	Martha	60
25	1946	Wake Up and Dream	Sara March	65
26	1947	Driftwood	Mathilda	61
27	1949	The Great Dan Patch	Aunt Netty	50
28	1949	Oh, You Beautiful Doll	Anna	47
29	1950	Peggy	Mrs. Emilia Fielding	47
30	1953	Dangerous When Wet	Ma Higgins	60
31	1955	Oklahoma!	Aunt Eller	66
32	1956	Glory	Miz Agnes Tilbee	50
33	1956	The Opposite Sex	Lucy	52

Charlotte Greenwood

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