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    Mitzi Green

    1920-10-22 (103 years old) in

    Mitzi Green, also known as Mitze Green, was born Elizabeth Keno in The Bronx on October 22, 1920. At age 3, she began appearing in her parents' vaudeville act. In the early 1930s, she starred in several popular films with Paramount Pictures, including Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931). She became known as "Little Mitzi," and she was the first child star to sign for a multi-picture contract with Paramount. Green had a natural talent for comedy and mimicry, and audiences were impressed by her uncanny imitations of Greta Garbo and George Arliss. She was also a gifted singer, performing two songs in Girl Crazy (1932). But her career as "Little Mitzi" would not last. Green matured quickly, and at age 14 she was cast in an adult role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), which marked the end of her career as a child star. Green left Hollywood and spent the next several years performing on Broadway and in night clubs. She starred in the original Broadway production of Rogers' and Hart's Babes in Arms, where she introduced the classic song "My Funny Valentine." During this time she appeared in only one film, Santa Fe Trail (1940), in which she had a bit part. Green's career as an adult star in Hollywood began in 1952, when she re-emerged on screen in Lost in Alaska (1952), opposite Abbott and Costello. She also appeared in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and the sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), in which she played a perceptive stunt woman. After many years of retirement, Green died of cancer on May 24, 1969, in Huntington Beach, California. She was 48. She is buried in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.

    Movies

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    Bloodhounds of Broadway
    69 %|Nov 14, 1952
    Comedy, Music
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    Lost in Alaska
    61 %|Aug 13, 1952
    Comedy, Adventure
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    Santa Fe Trail
    56 %|Dec 20, 1940
    Western
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    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
    42 %|Nov 2, 1934
    Mystery, Comedy, Music
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    Little Orphan Annie
    58 %|Nov 4, 1932
    Comedy
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
    40 %|Aug 25, 1932
    Comedy, Music
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    Girl Crazy
    45 %|Mar 24, 1932
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Huckleberry Finn
    80 %|Aug 7, 1931
    Comedy, Crime
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    Newly Rich
    30 %|Jul 2, 1931
    Comedy, Family, Adventure
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
    60 %|Jun 1, 1931
    Documentary
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    Dude Ranch
    45 %|May 15, 1931
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    Skippy
    62 %|Apr 25, 1931
    Drama, Family, Comedy
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    The Stolen Jools
    58 %|Apr 4, 1931
    Comedy
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    Finn and Hattie
    65 %|Feb 4, 1931
    Comedy
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    Tom Sawyer
    55 %|Dec 19, 1930
    Drama, Adventure, Comedy
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    The Santa Fe Trail
    45 %|Sep 27, 1930
    Western
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    Galas de la Paramount
    0 %|Jul 31, 1930
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    Love Among the Millionaires
    60 %|Jul 5, 1930
    Comedy, Romance
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    Paramount on Parade
    64 %|Apr 22, 1930
    Music, Comedy
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    Honey
    50 %|Mar 29, 1930
    Comedy, Music
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    The Marriage Playground
    57.5 %|Dec 12, 1929
    Comedy, Romance, Drama

    Series

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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    65.28999999999999 %|Jun 20, 1948
    Comedy, Talk