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Charlotte Rae‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1926-04-22

Popularity

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Charlotte Rae

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Charlotte Rae

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1926-04-22

Popularity

star6.5

Biography

Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Russian Jewish immigrants Esther (née Ottenstein), who was a childhood friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Meyer Lubotsky, a retail tire business owner. She is one of three sisters, along with Miriam and the late Beverly (December 21, 1921 – June 2, 1998). She graduated from Shorewood High School in 1944. For the first ten years or so of her life, Rae's family lived in Milwaukee, then moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin. She did radio work and was with the Wauwatosa Children's Theatre. At 16, she was an apprentice with the Port Players, a professional theater company that came for the summer to Milwaukee, with several established actors such as Morton DaCosta, who would eventually direct The Music Man on Broadway. Rae attended Northwestern University, although she did not complete her studies, where she met Cloris Leachman, who many years later succeeded Rae on The Facts of Life for the show's last two seasons. At Northwestern she met several unknown stars and producers, including Agnes Nixon, Charlton Heston, Paul Lynde, Gerald Freedman, Claude Akins and songwriter Sheldon Harnick. When a radio personality told her that her last name wouldn't do, she dropped it, to her father's chagrin. She moved to New York City in 1948, where she performed in the theater and nightclubs. During her early years in New York, she worked at the Village Vanguard (alongside up-and-coming talents such as singer Richard Dyer-Bennet) and at the posh Blue Angel, home to budding talents Barbra Streisand, Mike Nichols and Elaine May. She moved to Los Angeles in 1974 Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Ruiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Hair

Hair‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan‌
star5.7
calendar 2008

Rabbit Test

Rabbit Test‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

Beane's of Boston

Beane's of Boston‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Our Town

Our Town‌
star9.0
calendar 1977

Christmas Cottage

Christmas Cottage‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

Hello Down There

Hello Down There‌
star5.9
calendar 1969

Words by Heart

Words by Heart‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Tom and Jerry: The Movie‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

Love Sick Love

Love Sick Love‌
star5.2
calendar 2012

Thunder in Paradise

Thunder in Paradise‌
star6.0
calendar 1993

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

A Different Approach

A Different Approach‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

Nowhere

Nowhere‌
star6.8
calendar 1997

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!‌
star6.9
calendar 2000

The Facts of Life Reunion

The Facts of Life Reunion‌
star8.0
calendar 2001

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom‌
star6.6
calendar 1975

In Fashion

In Fashion‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Jenny

Jenny‌
star4.5
calendar 1970

Bananas

Bananas‌
star6.7
calendar 1971

She's The Best Thing in It

She's The Best Thing in It‌
star1.0
calendar 2015

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Ricki and the Flash

Ricki and the Flash‌
star5.8
calendar 2015

The Hot Rock

The Hot Rock‌
star6.5
calendar 1972

Save the Dog!

Save the Dog!‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II‌
star8.0
calendar 1985

Sidewinder 1

Sidewinder 1‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

The Journey of the Fifth Horse‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Another Woman's Husband

Another Woman's Husband‌
star3.8
calendar 2000

The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon

The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Pinocchio

Pinocchio‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

The World of Sholom Aleichem

The World of Sholom Aleichem‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1982

Tv Credits

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Good Times

Good Times‌
star7.9
calendar 1974

Thunder in Paradise

Thunder in Paradise‌
star6.5
calendar 1994

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life‌
star7.0
calendar 1979

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

All in the Family

All in the Family‌
star7.8
calendar 1971

227

227‌
star6.7
calendar 1985

101 Dalmatians: The Series

101 Dalmatians: The Series‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.0
calendar 1996

Barney Miller

Barney Miller‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

Life

Life‌
star7.7
calendar 2007

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

All's Fair

All's Fair‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

The King of Queens

The King of Queens‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

The Secret World of Alex Mack

The Secret World of Alex Mack‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

Sisters

Sisters‌
star7.3
calendar 1991

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine‌
star7.1
calendar 2000

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

ER

ER‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

Play of the Week

Play of the Week‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Hot l Baltimore

Hot l Baltimore‌
star4.3
calendar 1975

McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait‌
star4.5
calendar 1993

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Baby Talk

Baby Talk‌
star6.8
calendar 1991

The Defenders

The Defenders‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Family

Family‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

The Paul Lynde Show

The Paul Lynde Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Szysznyk

Szysznyk‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Way Out

Way Out‌
star6.3
calendar 1961

The DuPont Show of the Week

The DuPont Show of the Week‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Can't Hurry Love

Can't Hurry Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1995

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

Flying High

Flying High‌
star4.5
calendar 1978

The Great Debate

The Great Debate‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

The Rich Little Show

The Rich Little Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Appointment with Adventure

Appointment with Adventure‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars‌
star8.0
calendar 2010

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

101 Dalmatians: The Series

101 Dalmatians: The Series‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

Girl Meets World

Girl Meets World‌
star8.3
calendar 2014

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

The Brothers Flub

The Brothers Flub‌
star9.0
calendar 1999

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Itsy Bitsy Spider‌
star9.8
calendar 1994

Hello, Larry

Hello, Larry‌
star5.0
calendar 1979

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star5.2
calendar 1971