Biography
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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Filmography
all 88
TV Shows 51
Movies 37
self 8
Voice 3
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
She's The Best Thing in It (2015)
Girl Meets World (2014)
Love Sick Love (2012)
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
The Great Debate (2009)
Christmas Cottage (2008)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Life (2007)
Disney's Christmas Favorites (2005)
The Facts of Life Reunion (2001)
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
Another Woman's Husband (2000)
The Brothers Flub (1999)
The King of Queens (1998)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997)
Nowhere (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Can't Hurry Love (1995)
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994)
The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994)
ER (1994)
Thunder in Paradise (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Thunder in Paradise (1993)
Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
Sisters (1991)
Baby Talk (1991)
Save the Dog! (1988)
The Worst Witch (1986)
Noah's Ark (1986)
227 (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Words by Heart (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
The Facts of Life (1979)
Beane's of Boston (1979)
Hair (1979)
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Flying High (1978)
Rabbit Test (1978)
A Different Approach (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Szysznyk (1977)
Sidewinder 1 (1977)
Our Town (1977)
All's Fair (1976)
Family (1976)
The Rich Little Show (1976)
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
Hot l Baltimore (1975)
Barney Miller (1975)
In Fashion (1974)
Good Times (1974)
The Paul Lynde Show (1972)
Temperatures Rising (1972)
The Hot Rock (1972)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
Bananas (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
All in the Family (1971)
Jenny (1970)
Love, American Style (1969)
Hello Down There (1969)
Pinocchio (1968)
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1968)
The Journey of the Fifth Horse (1966)
The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon (1964)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Way Out (1961)
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
Play of the Week (1959)
Appointment with Adventure (1955)
The Blue Angel (1954)
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Beane's of Boston
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GenderFemale
Birthday1926-04-22
Deathday2018-08-05 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCharlotte Rae Lubotsky
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