
Known for
Acting
Born
August 8, 1911
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Died
March 17, 2002 (aged 90)
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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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as Self, Thanks
1996
1989
1987
1986
1986
as Millie
1985
as Judge R. Woods
1984
as Rheba
1984
as Rosanna
1984
1984
1984
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
1983
as Prison Matron
1981
1980
as Nettie
1978
1978
as Librarian
1977
as Della
1977
as Mrs. Luetta Bates Washington Jones
1975
as Odessa, Willy's Nurse
1972
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
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