Rosetta LeNoire
Actor
- Born
- August 8, 1911 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- March 17, 2002 (age 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.
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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.
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Known for
Acting19
- 2000Curtain Call
- 1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1987The Father Clements Story
- 1986Whatever it Takes as Millie
- 1985Brewster's Millions as Judge R. Woods
- 1984You Can't Take it With You as Rheba
- 1984Lily in Love as Rosanna
- 1984The Brother from Another Planet as Mama
- 1984Moscow on the Hudson as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
- 1983Daniel as Prison Matron
