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Charlotte Rae
Actor
Died August 5, 2018 (92 years)
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
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Filmography
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash · as Oma |
| 2014 | Girl Meets World (TV Series) · as Gammy Hart |
| 2012 | Love Sick Love · as Edna |
| 2010 | Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) · as Bead Boutique Owner |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan · as Mrs. Greenhouse |
| 2008 | Thomas Kinkade's a Joyous Christmas · as Vesta |
| 2007 | Life (2007) (TV Series) · as Mary Ford |
| 2000 | Another Woman's Husband · as Stella |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! · as Mrs. Caruthers |
| 1999 | The Return of Alex Kelly · as actor |
| 1998 | The King of Queens (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Nowhere · as Fortune Teller |
| 1997 | Michael Hayes (TV Series) · as Bea Dictor |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Brothers Flub (TV Series) · as Tarara Boomdeyay |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Can't Hurry Love (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | The Secret World of Alex Mack (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Thunder in Paradise (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Roxanne Gaines |
| 1994 | The Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV Series) · as Adrienne |
| 1993 | Thunder in Paradise · as Lola Miller |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Estelle |
| 1992 | Tom and Jerry: The Movie · as Aunt Figg (voice) |
| 1991 | Baby Talk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Save the Dog! · as Unknown |
| 1986 | The Worst Witch · as Miss Cackle |
| 1985 | Words by Heart · as Mary Tom Chism |
| 1985 | 227 (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series) · as Noah's Wife |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Nettie Harper |
| 1982 | The Facts of Life Goes to Paris · as Edna Garrett |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) · as Edna Garrett |
| 1979 | Hair · as Lady in Pink |
| 1978 | Rabbit Test · as Cousin Claire |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) · as Mrs. Garrett |
| 1977 | Sidewinder 1 · as Mrs. Holt |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Ellen van Bowe |
| 1976 | Family (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | C.P.O. Sharkey (TV Series) · as Mrs. Stanley |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom · as Helen |
| 1975 | Hot L Baltimore (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rebecca Sobel |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock · as Ma Murch |
| 1971 | Bananas · as Mrs. Ruth Mellish |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Madame Aigreville |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Lillian Henderson |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Dr. Beecher |
| 1969 | Hello Down There · as Myrtle Ruth |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Molly the Mail Lady |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) · as Sylvia Schnauser |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Flossie |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Unknown |