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Charlotte Rae

Age: 83
Height: 5'

Birth Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Born: Apr. 22nd, 1926

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Charlotte Rae's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Discovered young 'Mindy Cohn' (qv) for _"The Facts of Life" (1979)_ (qv) show while Rae and the TV show were at an all-girls school preparing for research and casting. Rae was instrumental in getting young student Cohn cast.
Charlotte divorced her husband, composer 'John Strauss (I)' (qv), before starting _"Diff'rent Strokes" (1978)_ (qv). Her only child, Larry, is a south Central L.A. teacher.
Her classmates at Northwestern University included 'Cloris Leachman' (qv), 'Paul Lynde' (qv), 'Charlton Heston' (qv), 'Martha Hyer' (qv), 'Patricia Neal' (qv) and 'Agnes Nixon' (qv). Because they were seated alphabetically and her last name was Lubotsky, she & Lynde were seated next to each other.
Member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
Created the role of Mammy Yokum in the Broadway musical "Lil' Abner".
Best known by the public for her starring role as Edna Garrett on _"The Facts of Life" (1979)_ (qv).
Starred in "Pippin" at the New Jersey Paper Mill Playhouse.
Knew 'Jeffrey Hunter (I)' (qv) through their work in local theater as teenagers.