Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Russian Jewish immigrants Esther (née Ottenstein), who was a childhood friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Meyer Lubotsky, a retail tire business owner. She is one of three sisters, along with Miriam and the late Beverly (December 21, 1921 – June 2, 1998). She graduated from Shorewood High School in 1944. For the first ten years or so of her life, Rae's family lived in Milwaukee, then moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin. She did radio work and was with the Wauwatosa Children's Theatre. At 16, she was an apprentice with the Port Players, a professional theater company that came for the summer to Milwaukee, with several established actors such as Morton DaCosta, who would eventually direct The Music Man on Broadway. Rae attended Northwestern University, although she did not complete her studies, where she met Cloris Leachman, who many years later succeeded Rae on The Facts of Life for the show's last two seasons. At Northwestern she met several unknown stars and producers, including Agnes Nixon, Charlton Heston, Paul Lynde, Gerald Freedman, Claude Akins and songwriter Sheldon Harnick. When a radio personality told her that her last name wouldn't do, she dropped it, to her father's chagrin. She moved to New York City in 1948, where she performed in the theater and nightclubs. During her early years in New York, she worked at the Village Vanguard (alongside up-and-coming talents such as singer Richard Dyer-Bennet) and at the posh Blue Angel, home to budding talents Barbra Streisand, Mike Nichols and Elaine May. She moved to Los Angeles in 1974 Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Ruiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · Ricki and the Flash as Oma
- 2015 · She's The Best Thing in It as Self
- 2014 · Girl Meets World as Gammy Hart
- 2012 · Love Sick Love as Edna
- 2010 · Pretty Little Liars as Bead boutique owner
- 2009 · The Great Debate as
- 2008 · Christmas Cottage as Vesta
- 2008 · You Don't Mess with the Zohan as Mrs. Greenhouse
- 2007 · Life as Mary Ford
- 2001 · The Facts of Life Reunion as Mrs. Edna Garrett
- 2000 · The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! as Mrs. Caruthers (voice)
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Maude
- 2000 · Another Woman's Husband as Stella
- 1999 · The Brothers Flub as Tarara Boomdeeyay (voice)
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Betty
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1997 · 101 Dalmatians: The Series as
- 1997 · 101 Dalmatians: The Series as Nanny (voice)
- 1997 · Nowhere as Fortune Teller
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Can't Hurry Love as
- 1994 · The Itsy Bitsy Spider as Adrienne
- 1994 · The Secret World of Alex Mack as
- 1994 · ER as Roxanne Gaines
- 1994 · Thunder in Paradise as
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Estelle
- 1993 · Thunder in Paradise as Lola Miller
- 1992 · Tom and Jerry: The Movie as Aunt Figg (voice)
- 1991 · Sisters as
- 1991 · Baby Talk as
- 1988 · Save the Dog! as
- 1986 · The Worst Witch as Miss Cackle
- 1986 · Noah's Ark as Noah's Wife / Additional Voices (voice)
- 1985 · 227 as
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 · Words by Heart as Mary Tom Chism
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Nettie Harper
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1982 · The Facts of Life Goes to Paris as Edna Garrett
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1979 · The Facts of Life as Edna Garrett
- 1979 · Beane's of Boston as Mae Slocombe
- 1979 · Hair as Lady in Pink
- 1979 · The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal as Bessie
- 1979 · Hello, Larry as Edna Garrett
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as Edna Garrett
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Rabbit Test as Cousin Claire
- 1978 · A Different Approach as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Ellen van Bowe
- 1977 · Sidewinder 1 as Mrs. Holt
- 1977 · Szysznyk as
- 1977 · Our Town as Mrs. Soames
- 1976 · All's Fair as
- 1976 · Family as
- 1976 · The Rich Little Show as
- 1975 · Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Helen
- 1975 · Hot l Baltimore as
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Mrs. Rebecca Sobel
- 1974 · In Fashion as Madame Aigreville
- 1974 · Good Times as
- 1972 · The Paul Lynde Show as Charlotte
- 1972 · Temperatures Rising as Mrs. Moscowitz
- 1972 · The Hot Rock as Ma Murch
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as
- 1971 · Bananas as Mrs. Ruth Mellish
- 1971 · Great Performances as Madame Aigreville
- 1971 · All in the Family as Lillian Henderson
- 1970 · Jenny as Bella Star
- 1969 · Love, American Style as
- 1969 · Hello Down There as Myrtle Ruth
- 1968 · Pinocchio as Rosa Whale
- 1968 · The Love Song of Barney Kempinski as Woman in Window
- 1966 · The Journey of the Fifth Horse as Terentievna
- 1964 · The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon as
- 1961 · The DuPont Show of the Week as Mona Brinkman
- 1961 · The Defenders as Mrs. Abeles
- 1961 · Way Out as
- 1959 · The World of Sholom Aleichem as The Angel Rochele
- 1959 · Play of the Week as
- 1955 · Appointment with Adventure as
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self