Thelma Carpenter
January 15, 1922 (102 years old) in
Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thelma Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · New York Stories as Maid
- 1984 · The Cotton Club as Norma Williams
- 1978 · The Wiz as Miss One
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Dora
- 1973 · The Devil's Daughter as Margaret Poole
- 1972 · The Paul Lynde Show as
- 1972 · Call Her Mom as Ida
- 1970 · Barefoot in the Park as Mabel Bates
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Singer
- 1943 · Crazy House as Thelma