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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 8, 1911
Died
March 17, 2002
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Rosetta LeNoire
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosetta LeNoire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.0
Curtain Call
2000
7.7
Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
3.5
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
6.7
Estelle Winslow
Family Matters
1989
6.7
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow
Family Matters
1989
0.0
The Father Clements Story
1987
6.6
Amen
1986
6.6
Judge R. Woods
Brewster's Millions
1985
0.0
Rheba
You Can't Take it With You
1984
6.0
Rosanna
Lily in Love
1984
Credits
Curtain Call
2000
7.0
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
1998
7.7
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.5
Family Matters
as Estelle Winslow
1989
6.7
Family Matters
as Estelle 'Mother' Winslow
1989
6.7
The Father Clements Story
1987
0.0
Amen
1986
6.6
Brewster's Millions
as Judge R. Woods
1985
6.6
You Can't Take it With You
as Rheba
1984
0.0
Lily in Love
as Rosanna
1984
6.0
Tales from the Darkside
as Miss Gillis
1984
7.2
The Brother from Another Planet
as Mama
1984
6.6
Moscow on the Hudson
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
1984
6.2
Daniel
as Prison Matron
1983
6.6
Gimme a Break!
1981
6.7
Gimme a Break!
as Maybelle Harper
1981
6.7
Big Blonde
as Nettie
1980
5.0
Fantasy Island
as Mama La
1978
6.4
Mandy's Grandmother
as Librarian
1978
4.5
The Royal Family
as Della
1977
8.0
🎬
Thank You, M'am
as Mrs. Luetta Bates Washington Jones
1977
0.0
The Sunshine Boys
as Odessa, Willy's Nurse
1975
6.8
Fritz the Cat
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
1972
6.1
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Woman
1968
0.0
Another World
1964
5.6
Play of the Week
1959
0.0
Anna Lucasta
as Stella
1958
6.2
The Defender (Studio One)
as Mary Ellen Bailey
1957
7.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Noah's wife
1951
8.6
Studio One
as Mary Ellen Bailey
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Maid
1948
5.0