Charlotte Rae
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
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Acted in
Ricki and the Flash
2015
as Oma
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
as Self
Girl Meets World
2014
as Gammy Hart
Love Sick Love
2012
as Edna
Pretty Little Liars
2010
as Bead boutique owner
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Vesta
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Mrs. Greenhouse
Life
2007
as Mary Ford
The Facts of Life Reunion
2001
as Mrs. Edna Garrett
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
2000
as Self
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
2000
as Mrs. Caruthers (voice)
Strong Medicine
2000
as Maude
Another Woman's Husband
2000
as Stella
The Brothers Flub
1999
as Tarara Boomdeeyay (voice)
The King of Queens
1998
as Betty
101 Dalmatians: Christmas
1997
as Nanny
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1997
as Nanny (voice)
Nowhere
1997
as Fortune Teller
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Can't Hurry Love
1995
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
1994
as Adrienne
The Secret World of Alex Mack
1994
ER
1994
as Roxanne Gaines
Thunder in Paradise
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Estelle
Thunder in Paradise
1993
as Lola Miller
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992
as Aunt Figg (voice)
Sisters
1991
Baby Talk
1991
Save the Dog!
1988
The Worst Witch
1986
as Miss Cackle
Noah's Ark
1986
as Noah's Wife / Additional Voices (voice)
227
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Words by Heart
1985
as Mary Tom Chism
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Nettie Harper
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
1982
as Edna Garrett
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Facts of Life
1979
as Edna Garrett
Beane's of Boston
1979
as Mae Slocombe
Hair
1979
as Lady in Pink
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979
as Bessie
Hello, Larry
1979
as Edna Garrett
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
as Edna Garrett
Flying High
1978
Rabbit Test
1978
as Cousin Claire
A Different Approach
1978
The Love Boat
1977
The Love Boat
1977
as Ellen van Bowe
Sidewinder 1
1977
as Mrs. Holt
Szysznyk
1977
Our Town
1977
as Mrs. Soames
All's Fair
1976
Family
1976
The Rich Little Show
1976
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
as Helen
Hot l Baltimore
1975
Barney Miller
1975
as Mrs. Rebecca Sobel
In Fashion
1974
as Madame Aigreville
Good Times
1974
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
as Charlotte
Temperatures Rising
1972
as Mrs. Moscowitz
The Hot Rock
1972
as Ma Murch
McMillan & Wife
1971
Bananas
1971
as Mrs. Ruth Mellish
Great Performances
1971
as Madame Aigreville
All in the Family
1971
as Lillian Henderson
Jenny
1970
as Bella Star
Love, American Style
1969
Hello Down There
1969
as Myrtle Ruth
Pinocchio
1968
as Rosa Whale
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Woman in Window
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966
as Terentievna
The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
1964
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Mona Brinkman
The Defenders
1961
as Mrs. Abeles
Way Out
1961
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as The Angel Rochele
Play of the Week
1959
Appointment with Adventure
1955
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948