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    Charlotte Rae

    1926-04-22 (98 years old) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Russian Jewish immigrants Esther (née Ottenstein), who was a childhood friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Meyer Lubotsky, a retail tire business owner. She is one of three sisters, along with Miriam and the late Beverly (December 21, 1921 – June 2, 1998). She graduated from Shorewood High School in 1944. For the first ten years or so of her life, Rae's family lived in Milwaukee, then moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin. She did radio work and was with the Wauwatosa Children's Theatre. At 16, she was an apprentice with the Port Players, a professional theater company that came for the summer to Milwaukee, with several established actors such as Morton DaCosta, who would eventually direct The Music Man on Broadway. Rae attended Northwestern University, although she did not complete her studies, where she met Cloris Leachman, who many years later succeeded Rae on The Facts of Life for the show's last two seasons. At Northwestern she met several unknown stars and producers, including Agnes Nixon, Charlton Heston, Paul Lynde, Gerald Freedman, Claude Akins and songwriter Sheldon Harnick. When a radio personality told her that her last name wouldn't do, she dropped it, to her father's chagrin. She moved to New York City in 1948, where she performed in the theater and nightclubs. During her early years in New York, she worked at the Village Vanguard (alongside up-and-coming talents such as singer Richard Dyer-Bennet) and at the posh Blue Angel, home to budding talents Barbra Streisand, Mike Nichols and Elaine May. She moved to Los Angeles in 1974 Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Ruiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Ricki and the Flash
    57.839999999999996 %|Jul 10, 2015
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    She's The Best Thing in It
    10 %|Mar 16, 2015
    Documentary
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    Love Sick Love
    52 %|Nov 15, 2012
    Thriller
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    Christmas Cottage
    64 %|Oct 15, 2008
    Drama, Romance, Family
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    You Don't Mess with the Zohan
    57.11 %|Jun 5, 2008
    Comedy, Action
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    The Facts of Life Reunion
    80 %|Nov 18, 2001
    TV Movie
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    The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
    69 %|Nov 11, 2000
    Animation, Family
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    Another Woman's Husband
    38 %|Mar 6, 2000
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Nowhere
    68 %|May 9, 1997
    Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
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    Thunder in Paradise
    60 %|Sep 22, 1993
    Action
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    Tom and Jerry: The Movie
    63 %|Oct 1, 1992
    Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
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    Save the Dog!
    0 %|Mar 19, 1988
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    The Worst Witch
    60 %|Oct 31, 1986
    TV Movie, Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
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    Noah's Ark
    72 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Family, Animation
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    Night of 100 Stars II
    80 %|Mar 10, 1985
    Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Words by Heart
    0 %|Jan 1, 1985
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    The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
    62 %|Sep 25, 1982
    Drama, TV Movie, Comedy
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    Night of 100 Stars
    60 %|Mar 8, 1982
    Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Beane's of Boston
    0 %|May 5, 1979
    Comedy
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    Hair
    73 %|Mar 15, 1979
    Music, Drama, Comedy
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    The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
    60 %|Jan 30, 1979
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Rabbit Test
    42 %|Apr 9, 1978
    Comedy
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    A Different Approach
    63 %|Jan 1, 1978
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    Sidewinder 1
    0 %|Aug 1, 1977
    Action
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    Our Town
    90 %|May 30, 1977
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    Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
    66 %|Feb 13, 1975
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    In Fashion
    0 %|Mar 20, 1974
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    The Hot Rock
    65 %|Jan 26, 1972
    Crime, Comedy
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    Bananas
    67 %|Apr 28, 1971
    Comedy
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    Jenny
    45 %|Jan 2, 1970
    Drama, Romance
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    Hello Down There
    59 %|Jan 1, 1969
    Comedy, Music, Science Fiction
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    Pinocchio
    0 %|Dec 8, 1968
    Music, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
    0 %|May 10, 1968
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    The Journey of the Fifth Horse
    0 %|Oct 14, 1966
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
    0 %|Apr 5, 1964
    Animation
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    The World of Sholom Aleichem
    0 %|Dec 14, 1959
    Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    Girl Meets World
    83 %|Jun 27, 2014
    Comedy, Family
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    Pretty Little Liars
    80.03 %|Jun 8, 2010
    Drama, Mystery
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    The Great Debate
    0 %|Jul 6, 2009
    Talk
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    Life
    77 %|Sep 26, 2007
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Strong Medicine
    71 %|Jul 23, 2000
    Drama
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    The Brothers Flub
    90 %|Oct 2, 1999
    Animation
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    The King of Queens
    70.62 %|Sep 21, 1998
    Comedy
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    The Wonderful World of Disney
    66 %|Sep 28, 1997
    Animation, Family
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    101 Dalmatians: The Series
    66 %|Sep 13, 1997
    Kids, Animation, Action & Adventure
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    101 Dalmatians: The Series
    66 %|Sep 13, 1997
    Kids, Animation, Action & Adventure
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    E! True Hollywood Story
    81 %|Aug 21, 1996
    Documentary
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    Can't Hurry Love
    60 %|Sep 18, 1995
    Comedy
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    The Itsy Bitsy Spider
    98 %|Nov 7, 1994
    Animation, Kids, Comedy
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    The Secret World of Alex Mack
    78 %|Oct 8, 1994
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Family
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    ER
    78 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama
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    Thunder in Paradise
    66 %|Mar 25, 1994
    Action & Adventure
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    Intimate Portrait
    45 %|Nov 14, 1993
    Documentary
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    Diagnosis: Murder
    71 %|Oct 29, 1993
    Drama, Family
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    Sisters
    73 %|May 11, 1991
    Drama, Comedy, Soap
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    Baby Talk
    67.5 %|Mar 8, 1991
    Comedy, Kids
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    227
    68 %|Sep 14, 1985
    Comedy, Family
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    Murder, She Wrote
    76 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    St. Elsewhere
    54 %|Oct 26, 1982
    Drama
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    The Facts of Life
    70 %|Aug 24, 1979
    Drama, Comedy
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    Hello, Larry
    50 %|Jan 26, 1979
    Comedy
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    Diff'rent Strokes
    70 %|Nov 3, 1978
    Comedy, Family, Drama
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    Flying High
    45 %|Sep 29, 1978
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Love Boat
    62.910000000000004 %|Sep 24, 1977
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Love Boat
    62.910000000000004 %|Sep 24, 1977
    Drama, Comedy
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    Szysznyk
    0 %|Aug 1, 1977
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    All's Fair
    70 %|Sep 20, 1976
    Comedy
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    Family
    70 %|Mar 9, 1976
    Drama
    actor
    The Rich Little Show
    0 %|Feb 2, 1976
    Comedy
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    Hot l Baltimore
    43 %|Jan 24, 1975
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    Barney Miller
    73 %|Jan 23, 1975
    Comedy
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    Good Times
    79 %|Feb 8, 1974
    Comedy
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    The Paul Lynde Show
    50 %|Sep 13, 1972
    Comedy
    actor
    Temperatures Rising
    50 %|Sep 12, 1972
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    McMillan and Wife
    73 %|Sep 29, 1971
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Great Performances
    49 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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    All in the Family
    78 %|Jan 12, 1971
    Comedy
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    Love, American Style
    58 %|Sep 29, 1969
    Comedy
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    The DuPont Show of the Week
    60 %|Sep 17, 1961
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Defenders
    62 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    Way Out
    63 %|Mar 31, 1961
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Play of the Week
    0 %|Oct 12, 1959
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    actor
    Appointment with Adventure
    65 %|Apr 3, 1955
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
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    The Bob Hope Show
    70 %|Apr 9, 1950
    Comedy, Family, Talk
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    56 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    65 %|Jun 20, 1948
    Comedy, Talk