CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD

'Frances Charlotte Greenwood' (25 June 1890 - 28 December 1977) was an American actress born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She got her start in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing at almost 6' 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". She starred with such luminaries as Betty Grable, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Buster Keaton, and Carmen Miranda. Most of ms. Greenwood's best work was done on the stage, and was lauded by such critics as James Agate, Alexander Woollcott and Claudia Cassidy.
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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★ Hayter-Menzies, Grant, ''Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film'', McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 2007. ISBN 9780786429950.

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★ Charlotte Greenwood web site

★ Victoria Times-Colonist, Adrian Chamberlain, 26 May 2007