Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

Birth : 1922-01-15,

Death : 1997-05-14

History

Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thelma Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Thelma Carpenter

Movies

The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club
Norma Williams
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
The Wiz
The Wiz
Miss One
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter
Margaret Poole
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
Call Her Mom
Call Her Mom
Ida
A sexy waitress becomes the house mother in a fraternity house.
Crazy House
Crazy House
Thelma
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.