Greenwood, Charlotte (1890–1978)

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Greenwood, Charlotte (1890–1978)

American comedic dancer and actress. Name variations: Letty Greenwood. Born Frances Charlotte Greenwood, June 25, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died Jan 18, 1978, in Beverly Hills, California; m. Cyril Ring (actor and brother of Blanche Ring), 1916 (div. 1922); m. Martin Broones (musician), 1924 (died 1971).

Known for her long legs and high kicks, made professional debut in the chorus of The White Cat (1905); toured vaudeville; had major career on Broadway in such plays as The Passing Show of 1912, So Long Letty, She Knew What She Wanted, Music Box Revue, I Remember Mama and Out of This World; films include Flying High, Star Dust, Down Argentine Way, Moon over Miami, Springtime in the Rockies, Peggy, Oklahoma! (as Aunt Eller, 1955), and The Opposite Sex.

See also autobiography Never Too Tall.

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