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Charlotte Greenwood‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

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Charlotte Greenwood

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Charlotte Greenwood

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1890-06-24

Popularity

star3.1

Biography

​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.

Movie Credits

Love Your Neighbor

Love Your Neighbor‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex‌
star5.2
calendar 1956

Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies‌
star6.7
calendar 1942

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami‌
star6.1
calendar 1941

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath‌
star5.4
calendar 1931

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here‌
star5.8
calendar 1943

Baby Mine

Baby Mine‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Star Dust

Star Dust‌
star4.7
calendar 1940

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Tall, Dark and Handsome‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

Young People

Young People‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

The Man in Possession

The Man in Possession‌
star6.5
calendar 1931

Driftwood

Driftwood‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Palmy Days

Palmy Days‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

The Perfect Snob

The Perfect Snob‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

So Long Letty

So Long Letty‌
star5.9
calendar 1929

Flying High

Flying High‌
star4.8
calendar 1931

Up in Mabel's Room

Up in Mabel's Room‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Glory

Glory‌
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calendar 1956

Stepping Out

Stepping Out‌
star6.5
calendar 1931

Home in Indiana

Home in Indiana‌
star5.6
calendar 1944

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll‌
star4.7
calendar 1949

Wake Up and Dream

Wake Up and Dream‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Christmas Party

The Christmas Party‌
star5.4
calendar 1931

The Great Dan Patch

The Great Dan Patch‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Cheaters at Play

Cheaters at Play‌
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calendar 1932

Peggy

Peggy‌
star4.7
calendar 1950

Girls Will Be Boys

Girls Will Be Boys‌
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calendar 1931

Orders Is Orders

Orders Is Orders‌
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calendar 1933

Tv Credits

The Best of the Post

The Best of the Post‌
star0.0
calendar 1960