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Charlotte Rae

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Actor 1926–2018 On stage 19521973

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 2…

On stage 10 productions, 21 years

1952 Three Wishes for Jamie “A New Musical Play” Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 91 perf.
1954 The Golden Apple Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Norman Lloyd 173 perf.
1954 The Threepenny Opera Theatre de Lys · Original · directed by Carmen Capalbo 95 perf.
1956 Li’l Abner St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Kidd 693 perf.
1956 The Littlest Revue Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Bagley 32 perf.
1962 The Beauty Part Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Noel Willman 85 perf.
1965 Pickwick 46th Street Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Coe 56 perf.
1968 Morning, Noon and Night Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Theodore Mann 52 perf.
1970 The Chinese and Dr. Fish Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Storch 15 perf.
1973 Boom Boom Room Vivian Beaumont Theater · Original · directed by Raymond Bussey 37 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Stanley Simmonds 2 productions
Bill Nuss 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Li’l Abner

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Robert Halliday (Tim Shanahan), Michele Burke (Nora), Wilton Clary (McCaffrey, Big Patrick), Marie Gibson (Bridgie Quinn), Charlotte Rae (Tirsa Shanahan), Bert Wheeler (Owen Roe Tavish), John Raitt (Jamie McRuin), Walter Burke (Power O’Malley), Anne Jeffreys (Maeve Harrigan), Jeff Morrow (Randal Devlin), Grania O’Malley (Aunt Bid),…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “The Wake” (Robert Halliday, Charlotte Rae, Bert Wheeler, Mourners); “The Girl That I Court in My Mind” (John Raitt); “My Home’s a Highway” (Anne Jeffreys, Horse Traders); “We’re for Love” (Bert Wheeler, Horse Traders, Women of the Camp), “My Heart’s Darlin’” (John Raitt); “Goin’ on a Hayride” (John Raitt, Anne Jeffreys, Boys, Gi…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Lotte Lenya, Scott Merrill, Leon Lishner, Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Beatrice Arthur, Gerald Price, John Astin, Joseph Beruh, Gerrianne Raphaelebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Edie Adams, Peter Palmer, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Charlotte Rae, Tina Louise, Joe E. Marks, Julie Newmar, Grover Daleebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “Strictly overrated!”—CHARLOTTE RAE (TV’s The Facts of Life ) on George Abbott, who replaced her early on in his hit The Pajama Game (1954) with Carol Haney, who thus became a Broadway starebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • One of their songs from this time, “Gus the Gopher,” was recorded some years later by Charlotte Rae. 8 Harnick remembers, “I wrote the music, and [Stanley and I] both wrote the lyrics.” The A sections of the AABA form, written in a light novelty-song style, employ goofy puns and rhymes such as “gopher/gofer” and “squirrel/Pearl/Earl” to t…ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt

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