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2. Charlotte Rae Lubotsky (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American character actress and singer whose career spanned sixty-six years. Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life (in which she had the starring role from 1979 to 1986).
Charlotte Rae was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the middle daughter of three sisters, between Beverly and Mimi. Her parents, Esther (nee Ottenstein) and Meyer Lubotsky, were Russian Jewish immigrants.
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- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 6, 2018 · The actress, who also starred on Diff'rent Strokes, revealed she had bone cancer in 2017. She was known for her wit, warmth and wisdom as the house mother of a girls' boarding school.
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Aug 6, 2018 · Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee to Jewish immigrants from Russia, Meyer and Esther (Ottenstein) Lubotsky. Her mother had been a childhood friend of the future ...
Charlotte Rae was a comedienne and actress who starred in Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. She was born in 1926 in Wisconsin, had a long career in stage and TV, and died in 2018 from bone cancer.
- April 22, 1926
- August 5, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 · By LYNN ELBER. Published 10:05 PM PDT, August 5, 2018. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom “The Facts of Life” during a career that encompassed many other TV roles as well as stage and film appearances, has died. She was 92.
Aug 6, 2018 · LOS ANGELES — Charlotte Rae, who brought wisdom and wackiness in equal measure to the role of Mrs. Garrett, the housemother to a group of private school girls on the highly rated TV sitcom "The ...
