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Charlotte Greenwood
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Charlotte Greenwood
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1890-06-24,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Love Your Neighbor

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Love Your Neighbor
1930-10-12

6.576

Oklahoma!
1955-10-10

The Opposite Sex

5.2

The Opposite Sex
1956-11-15

Dangerous When Wet

6

Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18

Springtime in the Rockies

6.7

Springtime in the Rockies
1942-11-06

Moon Over Miami

6.1

Moon Over Miami
1941-07-04

Down Argentine Way

6

Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

5.4

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931-02-28

The Gang's All Here

5.8

The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24

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Baby Mine
1928-01-08

4.7

Star Dust
1940-04-06

Tall, Dark and Handsome

5.4

Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24

4.6

Young People
1940-08-30

The Man in Possession

6.5

The Man in Possession
1931-07-04

6.1

Driftwood
1947-09-15

7

Palmy Days
1931-09-23

The Perfect Snob

6.3

The Perfect Snob
1941-12-19

5.9

So Long Letty
1929-10-16

4.8

Flying High
1931-11-14

Up in Mabel's Room

6

Up in Mabel's Room
1944-09-12

5

Glory
1956-01-11

6.5

Stepping Out
1931-04-11

Home in Indiana

5.6

Home in Indiana
1944-06-15

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

4.7

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949-11-11

Wake Up and Dream

6.5

Wake Up and Dream
1946-12-02

The Christmas Party

4.929

The Christmas Party
1931-12-17

The Great Dan Patch

5

The Great Dan Patch
1949-07-22

5

Dixie Dugan
1943-03-12

Cheaters at Play

0

Cheaters at Play
1932-01-27

4.7

Peggy
1950-07-01

Girls Will Be Boys

0

Girls Will Be Boys
1931-01-21

Orders Is Orders

0

Orders Is Orders
1933-07-18

Miss George Washington

0

Miss George Washington
1916-11-19

The Best of the Post

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The Best of the Post
1960-10-22