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Mitzi Green
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Mitzi Green
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-10-22,The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Mitzi Green, also known as Mitze Green, was born Elizabeth Keno in The Bronx on October 22, 1920. At age 3, she began appearing in her parents' vaudeville act. In the early 1930s, she starred in several popular films with Paramount Pictures, including Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931). She became known as "Little Mitzi," and she was the first child star to sign for a multi-picture contract with Paramount. Green had a natural talent for comedy and mimicry, and audiences were impressed by her uncanny imitations of Greta Garbo and George Arliss. She was also a gifted singer, performing two songs in Girl Crazy (1932). But her career as "Little Mitzi" would not last. Green matured quickly, and at age 14 she was cast in an adult role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), which marked the end of her career as a child star. Green left Hollywood and spent the next several years performing on Broadway and in night clubs. She starred in the original Broadway production of Rogers' and Hart's Babes in Arms, where she introduced the classic song "My Funny Valentine." During this time she appeared in only one film, Santa Fe Trail (1940), in which she had a bit part. Green's career as an adult star in Hollywood began in 1952, when she re-emerged on screen in Lost in Alaska (1952), opposite Abbott and Costello. She also appeared in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and the sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), in which she played a perceptive stunt woman. After many years of retirement, Green died of cancer on May 24, 1969, in Huntington Beach, California. She was 48. She is buried in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.

Filmography

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

4

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932-08-25

6.18

Skippy
1931-04-25

4.333

Girl Crazy
1932-03-24

Little Orphan Annie

6.4

Little Orphan Annie
1932-11-04

Bloodhounds of Broadway

6.889

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952-11-14

6.333

Tom Sawyer
1930-12-19

Love Among the Millionaires

6.3

Love Among the Millionaires
1930-07-05

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

4.625

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934-11-02

Finn and Hattie

6.25

Finn and Hattie
1931-02-04

5.5

Dude Ranch
1931-05-16

Huckleberry Finn

7

Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07

Paramount on Parade

6.111

Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22

5.8

Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20

4.333

Newly Rich
1931-07-02

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

6

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931-06-01

6

Honey
1930-03-29

6.1

Lost in Alaska
1952-08-13

The Marriage Playground

6

The Marriage Playground
1929-12-12

The Santa Fe Trail

6.333

The Santa Fe Trail
1930-09-27

The Stolen Jools

5.629

The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04

So This Is Hollywood

0

So This Is Hollywood
1955-01-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20