Rosetta LeNoire
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Fritz the Cat
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice) 1972
Moscow on the Hudson
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire) 1984
The Sunshine Boys
as Odessa, Willy's Nurse 1975
The Brother from Another Planet
as Mama 1984
Daniel
as Prison Matron 1983
Anna Lucasta
as Stella 1958
Mandy's Grandmother
as Librarian 1978
Curtain Call
2000
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self 1998
Lily in Love
as Rosanna 1984
The Defender (Studio One)
as Mary Ellen Bailey 1957
The Royal Family
as Della 1977
Big Blonde
as Nettie 1980
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Woman 1968
The Father Clements Story
1987
Thank You, M'am
as Mrs. Luetta Bates Washington Jones 1977