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
Birthday: 1890-06-24
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As: Frances Charlotte Greenwood

Movies List of Charlotte Greenwood

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Love Your Neighbor

1930 Movie
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Oklahoma!

1955 Movie
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The Opposite Sex

1956 Movie
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Dangerous When Wet

1953 Movie
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Moon Over Miami

1941 Movie
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Down Argentine Way

1940 Movie
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The Gang's All Here

1943 Movie
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Baby Mine

1928 Movie
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Star Dust

1940 Movie
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Young People

1940 Movie
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The Man in Possession

1931 Movie
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Driftwood

1947 Movie
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Palmy Days

1931 Movie
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The Perfect Snob

1941 Movie
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So Long Letty

1929 Movie
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Flying High

1931 Movie
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Up in Mabel's Room

1944 Movie
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Glory

1956 Movie
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Stepping Out

1931 Movie
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Home in Indiana

1944 Movie
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Wake Up and Dream

1946 Movie
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The Christmas Party

1931 Movie
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The Great Dan Patch

1949 Movie
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Dixie Dugan

1943 Movie
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Cheaters at Play

1932 Movie
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Peggy

1950 Movie
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Girls Will Be Boys

1931 Movie
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Orders Is Orders

1933 Movie