Rosetta LeNoire
Nacimiento : 1911-08-08, New York City, New York, United States
Muerte : 2002-03-17
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Rosetta LeNoire (August 8, 1911 - March 17, 2002) was an American stage, screen, and television actress, as well as a Broadway producer and casting agent.
As a young girl LeNoire suffered from rickets, which her godfather, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, helped her overcome by teaching her to dance. LeNoire made her acting debut in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, starring Robinson, in which she played "Little Maid From School" Peep-Bo. She also appeared onstage, mostly as a singer and dancer, in I Had a Ball, Bassa Moona, Marching with Jimmy, Janie, Decision, Three's a Family, Destry Rides Again, and the Off Broadway Double Entry (two one-act musicals showcasing Lenoire: "The Bible Salesman," with a pre-SNL Garrett Morris, and "The Oldest Trick in the World" with Jane Connell).
LeNoire is best known to contemporary audiences for her work in television. She had regular roles on the series Gimme a Break! and Amen, and is best known for her role as Estelle Winslow on Family Matters.
In 1999, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
Curtain Call is the unforgettable story of eight remarkable residents of the Actors' Fund Retirement Home. No ordinary nursing home, these residents are still full of vitality as they recall tales of Broadway's golden age, and what they have done with their lives. Dramatically told by award winning director Chuck Braverman, the film was nominated for an Academy Award.
In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets.
Judge R. Woods
Brewster es un jugador de las ligas menores de béisbol. Aunque no lo conocía, un rico pariente suyo acaba de fallecer y, para probar que Brewster comprende el valor del dinero, le impone en su testamento la prueba de derrochar 30 millones de dólares en cosas inútiles en un mes, sin poder poseer al final de ese tiempo absolutamenta nada de lo que haya gastado. Si tiene éxito, heredará otros 300 millones de dólares.
Rheba
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Mama
Narra la historia de un extraterrestre perdido en la ciudad de Nueva York, a quienes los vecinos le apodarán "El Hermano". Gracias a su ayuda, así como el empleo de sus poderes, conseguirá adaptarse como un ciudadano más, reparando máquinas de videojuegos, mientras es perseguido por unos hombres de negro. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
Un saxofonista soviético, Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), logra escapar de la K.G.B. y se marcha a Estados Unidos, donde consigue asilo político. Vladimir se instala en Nueva York, en Harlem, en el superpoblado piso de Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks), un guardia de seguridad. Allí conoce a una voluptuosa italiana, Lucia Lombardo (María Conchita Alonso), y a un perspicaz abogado cubano, Orlando Ramírez (Alejandro Rey), entre mucha otra gente. Vladimir experimentará la frialdad y el dolor que sienten, a menudo, los inmigrantes en una tierra extraña, pero poco a poco, aprenderá a querer a su nuevo país. (FILMAFFINITY)
Daniel es hijo de Paul y Rochelle Isaacson, que fueron ejecutados en los Estados Unidos, 1950, acusados de ser espías soviéticos. En los años 60, Daniel, al que la vida de sus padres ha marcado profundamente, milita en el movimiento pacifista.
Nettie
High-spirited model Hazel decides that she should settle down in this stage play based on a Dorothy Parker short story. But her marriage to traveling salesman Herbie Morse fails to satisfy her due to his alcoholism and frequent absences. Dispirited and bored, Hazel turns to alcohol herself—and to other men—as her lively spirit sinks and her life begins a downward spiral.
Librarian
A young tomboy and her prim grandmother quickly forget the disappointment of their first meeting and become friends.
Della
George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber collaborated on this 1927 hit comedy about an eminent and slightly eccentric theatrical clan. A Barrymore-like brood, the Cavendishes are as flamboyant offstage as they are on. Their real-life family drama occurs in a Manhattan apartment when the grand matriarch, Fanny Cavendish, learns that her daughter and granddaughter may both be giving up the stage for marriage. Theatre legends Rosemary Harris, Eva LeGallienne, Sam Levene and Ellis Rabb have great fun portraying characters they know all too well from their years on stage.
Odessa, Willy's nurse
Dos ancianos actores de vodevil, conocidos en otro tiempo como "Lewis y Clark", llegaron a odiarse tanto cuando trabajaban juntos que, fuera del escenario, ni siquiera se dirigían la palabra. Cuando el sobrino de Clark intenta reunirlos de nuevo para su última actuación en televisión, los dos tendrán que hacer enormes esfuerzos para poder soportarse civilizadamente.
Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
Película de animación que mezcla, en el ambiente en los barrios populares de Nueva York, el sexo, las drogas y la violencia. La historia se desarrolla en la década de los 60, gira alrededor de un gato pervertido en su búsqueda del amor en los lugares menos indicados.
Stella
Anna Lucasta has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe. She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph, Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny, an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
Mary Ellen Bailey
The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments of "Studio One," the story relates how the Pearsons defend a young man accused of killing a woman during a robbery attempt.
