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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Opposite Sex
Character:Lucy
Release Date:15/11/1956
Glory
Character:Miz Agnes Tilbee
Release Date:11/01/1956
Oklahoma!
Character:Aunt Eller
Release Date:10/10/1955
Dangerous When Wet
Character:Ma Higgins
Release Date:18/06/1953
Peggy
Character:Mrs. Emilia Fielding
Release Date:01/07/1950
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Character:Anna
Release Date:11/11/1949
The Great Dan Patch
Character:Aunt Netty
Release Date:22/07/1949
Driftwood
Character:Mathilda
Release Date:15/09/1947
Wake Up and Dream
Character:Sara March
Release Date:02/12/1946
Up in Mabel's Room
Character:Martha
Release Date:12/09/1944
Home in Indiana
Character:Penelope 'Penny' Bolt
Release Date:15/06/1944
The Gang's All Here
Character:Mrs. Peyton Potter
Release Date:24/12/1943
Dixie Dugan
Character:Mrs. Dugan
Release Date:12/03/1943
Springtime in the Rockies
Character:Phoebe Gray
Release Date:06/11/1942
The Perfect Snob
Character:Martha Mason
Release Date:19/12/1941
Moon Over Miami
Character:Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer
Release Date:04/07/1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Character:Winnie Sage
Release Date:24/01/1941
Down Argentine Way
Character:Binnie Crawford
Release Date:11/10/1940
Young People
Character:Kit Ballantine
Release Date:30/08/1940
Star Dust
Character:Lola Langdon
Release Date:06/04/1940
Orders Is Orders
Character:Wanda Sinclair
Release Date:18/07/1933
Cheaters at Play
Character:Mrs. Crozier
Release Date:27/01/1932
The Christmas Party
Character:Herself
Release Date:17/12/1931
Flying High
Character:Pansy Potts
Release Date:14/11/1931
Palmy Days
Character:Helen Martin
Release Date:23/09/1931
The Man in Possession
Character:Clara
Release Date:04/07/1931
Stepping Out
Character:Sally Smith
Release Date:11/04/1931
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Character:Polly Hathaway
Release Date:28/02/1931
Girls Will Be Boys
Character:
Release Date:21/01/1931
Love Your Neighbor
Character:
Release Date:12/10/1930
So Long Letty
Character:Letty Robbins
Release Date:16/10/1929
Baby Mine
Character:Emma
Release Date:08/01/1928
Miss George Washington
Character:Attendee at tea social
Release Date:19/11/1916
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