Charlotte Rae was an American dancer, born in 1926 in Milwaukee, who died in 2018.
Biography
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American comedic actress and singer whose career spanned 66 years.
Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life (in which she had the starring role from 1979 to 1986). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1982. She also appeared in two Facts of Life television films: The Facts of Life Goes to Paris in 1982 and The Facts of Life Reunion in 2001. She voiced the character of "Nanny" in 101 Dalmatians: The Series and Aunt Pristine Figg in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. She also appeared as Gammy Hart in Girl Meets World.
In 2015, she returned to film in the feature film Ricki and the Flash, with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Rick Springfield. In November 2015, Rae released her autobiography, The Facts of My Life, which was co-written with her son, Larry Strauss.
Contemporaries
Cloris Leachman
American actress and comedian (1926–2021)
Helen Gallagher
American performance artist
Don Rickles
American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)
Shirley Mills
American actress and dancer (1926–2010)
Sammy Davis Jr.
American entertainer (1925–1990)
Dick Van Dyke
American actor and comedian (born 1925)
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)
Lee Van Cleef
American actor (1925–1989)
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