Birthday
1890/06/24
Day of death
1977/12/28 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Frances Charlotte Greenwood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frances Charlotte Greenwood (25 June 1890 - 28 December 1977) was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye." In 1913, Oliver Morosco cast...Read more
(1930) Love Your Neighbor
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(1955) Oklahoma!
as Aunt Eller
(1956) The Opposite Sex
as Lucy
(1953) Dangerous When Wet
as Ma Higgins
(1942) Springtime in the Rockies
as Phoebe Gray
(1941) Moon Over Miami
as Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer
(1940) Down Argentine Way
as Binnie Crawford
(1931) Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Polly Hathaway
(1943) The Gang's All Here
as Mrs. Peyton Potter
(1928) Baby Mine
as Emma
(1940) Star Dust
as Lola Langdon
(1941) Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Winnie Sage
(1940) Young People
as Kit Ballantine
(1931) The Man in Possession
as Clara
(1947) Driftwood
as Mathilda
(1931) Palmy Days
as Helen Martin
(1941) The Perfect Snob
as Martha Mason
(1929) So Long Letty
as Letty Robbins
(1931) Flying High
as Pansy Potts
(1944) Up in Mabel's Room
as Martha
(1956) Glory
as Miz Agnes Tilbee
(1931) Stepping Out
as Sally Smith
(1944) Home in Indiana
as Penelope 'Penny' Bolt
(1949) Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Anna
(1946) Wake Up and Dream
as Sara March
(1931) The Christmas Party
as Herself
(1949) The Great Dan Patch
as Aunt Netty
(1943) Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Dugan
(1932) Cheaters at Play
as Mrs. Crozier
(1950) Peggy
as Mrs. Emilia Fielding
(1931) Girls Will Be Boys
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(1933) Orders Is Orders
as Wanda Sinclair
(1960) The Best of the Post
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