- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 24, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 28, 1977
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 …
Filmography
The Best of the Post
tvThe Best of the Post
1960
movieThe Opposite Sex
1956 · Lucy
movieGlory
1956 · Miz Agnes Tilbee
movieOklahoma!
1955 · Aunt Eller
movieDangerous When Wet
1953 · Ma Higgins
moviePeggy
1950 · Mrs. Emilia Fielding
movieOh, You Beautiful Doll
1949 · Anna
movieThe Great Dan Patch
1949 · Aunt Netty
movieDriftwood
1947 · Mathilda
movieWake Up and Dream
1946 · Sara March
movieUp in Mabel's Room
1944 · Martha
movieHome in Indiana
1944 · Penelope 'Penny' Bolt
movieThe Gang's All Here
1943 · Mrs. Peyton Potter
movieDixie Dugan
1943 · Mrs. Dugan
movieSpringtime in the Rockies
1942 · Phoebe Gray
movieThe Perfect Snob
1941 · Martha Mason
movieMoon Over Miami
1941 · Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer
movieTall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Winnie Sage
movieDown Argentine Way
1940 · Binnie Crawford
movieYoung People
1940 · Kit Ballantine
movieStar Dust
1940 · Lola Langdon
movieOrders Is Orders
1933 · Wanda Sinclair
movieCheaters at Play
1932 · Mrs. Crozier
movieThe Christmas Party
1931 · Herself
movieFlying High
1931 · Pansy Potts
moviePalmy Days
1931 · Helen Martin
movieThe Man in Possession
1931 · Clara
movieStepping Out
1931 · Sally Smith
movieParlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 · Polly Hathaway
movieGirls Will Be Boys
1931
Love Your Neighbor
movieLove Your Neighbor
1930
movieSo This Is College
1929 · Lyricist
movieSo Long Letty
1929 · Letty Robbins
movieBaby Mine
1928 · Emma
movieMiss George Washington
1916 · Attendee at tea social