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Rosetta LeNoire
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Rosetta LeNoire (August 8, 1911 - March 17, 2002) was an American stage, screen, and television actress, as well as a Broadway producer and casting agent.
As a young girl LeNoire suffered from rickets, which her godfather, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, helped her overcome by teaching her to dance. LeNoire made her acting debut in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, starring Robinson, in which she played "Little Maid From School" Peep-Bo. She also appeared onstage, mostly as a singer and dancer, in I Had a Ball, Bassa Moona, Marching with Jimmy, Janie, Decision, Three's a Family, Destry Rides Again, and the Off Broadway Double Entry (two one-act musicals…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosetta LeNoire (August 8, 1911 - March 17, 2002) was an American stage, screen, and television actress, as well as a Broadway producer and casting agent. As a young girl LeNoire suffered from rickets, which her godfather, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, helped her overcome by teaching her to dance. LeNoire made her acting debut in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, starring Robinson, in which she played "Little Maid From School" Peep-Bo. She also appeared onstage, mostly as a singer and dancer, in I Had a Ball, Bassa Moona, Marching with Jimmy, Janie, Decision, Three's a Family, Destry Rides Again, and the Off Broadway Double Entry (two one-act musicals showcasing Lenoire: "The Bible Salesman," with a pre-SNL Garrett Morris, and "The Oldest Trick in the World" with Jane Connell). LeNoire is best known to contemporary audiences for her work in television. She had regular roles on the series Gimme a Break! and Amen, and is best known for her role as Estelle Winslow on Family Matters. In 1999, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosetta LeNoire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Curtain Call
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
The Father Clements Story
Whatever it Takes
as Millie
Brewster's Millions
as Judge R. Woods
You Can't Take it With You
as Rheba
Lily in Love
as Rosanna
The Brother from Another Planet
as Mama
Moscow on the Hudson
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
Daniel
as Prison Matron
Big Blonde
as Nettie
Mandy's Grandmother
as Librarian
The Royal Family
as Della
No Poster
Thank You, M'am
as Mrs. Luetta Bates Washington Jones
The Sunshine Boys
as Odessa, Willy's Nurse
Fritz the Cat
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Woman
Anna Lucasta
as Stella
The Defender (Studio One)
as Mary Ellen Bailey