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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 died on August 5, 2018 at her home in Los Angeles, aged 92, from bone cancer, which had been diagnosed a year earlier. She also suffered from asthma and scoliosis, and had been fitted with a pacemaker. Born April 22, 1926. Died August 5, 2018 (92) Add to list. Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total.
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Charlotte Rae. Actress: The Facts of Life. 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. Her father owned an automobile tire business. Her mother had been a childhood friend of Milwaukee-reared Golda Meir ...
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- August 5, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 · Charlotte Rae, in a scene with Conrad Bain, left, and Gary Coleman, played a housekeeper to three children in the 1980s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.” ... Charlotte wanted to act from a young ...
Aug 6, 2018 · Charlotte Rae, best known as wise and lovable house mother Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life, died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles, her reps confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. She was 92.
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Female Stand-up Comedians. Childhood & Early Life. Charlotte Rae was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Esther and Meyer Lubotsky. Her father had a retail tire business. Rae was second of her parent’s three children. She had an elder sister named Beverly and younger sister named Miriam.
Aug 6, 2018 · Charlotte Rae snagged the role of Mrs. Garrett in 1978, a time when sitcoms were driven by catchphrases. ... Most of the humor, such as it was, came from the interplay between the young women, and ...
