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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 22, 1926
Died
August 5, 2018
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Charlotte Rae Lubotsky
Charlotte Rae
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American actress and singer. On screen, Rae was best known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life. She was born 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 was 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.
Known For
5.8
Oma
Ricki and the Flash
2015
1.0
Self
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
8.3
Gammy Hart
Girl Meets World
2014
5.5
Edna
Love Sick Love
2012
8.0
Bead boutique owner
Pretty Little Liars
2010
🎬
0.0
The Great Debate
2009
6.3
Vesta
Christmas Cottage
2008
5.7
Mrs. Greenhouse
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
7.7
Mary Ford
Life
2007
8.0
Mrs. Edna Garrett
The Facts of Life Reunion
2001
Credits
Ricki and the Flash
as Oma
2015
5.8
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
2015
1.0
Girl Meets World
as Gammy Hart
2014
8.3
Love Sick Love
as Edna
2012
5.5
Pretty Little Liars
as Bead boutique owner
2010
8.0
🎬
The Great Debate
2009
0.0
Christmas Cottage
as Vesta
2008
6.3
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
as Mrs. Greenhouse
2008
5.7
Life
as Mary Ford
2007
7.7
The Facts of Life Reunion
as Mrs. Edna Garrett
2001
8.0
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
as Self
2000
0.0
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
as Mrs. Caruthers (voice)
2000
6.6
Strong Medicine
as Maude
2000
7.3
Another Woman's Husband
as Stella
2000
3.5
The Brothers Flub
as Tarara Boomdeeyay (voice)
1999
10.0
101 Dalmatians Christmas
as Nanny
1998
6.0
The King of Queens
as Betty
1998
7.1
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
6.7
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1997
6.6
101 Dalmatians: The Series
as Nanny (voice)
1997
6.6
Nowhere
as Fortune Teller
1997
6.8
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Can't Hurry Love
as Helen
1995
6.0
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
as Adrienne
1994
9.8
The Secret World of Alex Mack
1994
7.8
ER
as Roxanne Gaines
1994
7.8
Thunder in Paradise
1994
6.2
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Diagnosis: Murder
as Estelle
1993
7.1
Thunder in Paradise
as Lola Miller
1993
5.6
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
as Aunt Figg (voice)
1992
6.3
Sisters
1991
7.2
Baby Talk
1991
6.8
Save the Dog!
1988
5.0
The Worst Witch
as Miss Cackle / Agatha
1986
6.1
Noah's Ark
as Noah's Wife / Additional Voices (voice)
1986
7.2
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
0.0
227
1985
6.7
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Words by Heart
as Mary Tom Chism
1985
0.0
🎬
WonderWorks
as Mary Tom Chism
1984
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Nettie Harper
1984
7.5
St. Elsewhere
as Proud Mary
1982
5.6
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
as Edna Garrett
1982
6.2
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Facts of Life
as Edna Garrett
1979
7.1
🎬
Beane's of Boston
as Mae Slocombe
1979
0.0
Beane's of Boston
as Mae Slocombe
1979
0.0
Hair
as Lady in Pink
1979
7.3
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Bessie
1979
7.0
Hello, Larry
as Edna Garrett
1979
5.0
Diff'rent Strokes
as Edna Garrett
1978
7.1
Flying High
1978
4.5
Rabbit Test
as Cousin Claire
1978
4.2
A Different Approach
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Ellen van Bowe
1977
6.3
Sidewinder 1
as Mrs. Holt
1977
0.0
🎬
Szysznyk
1977
0.0
Our Town
as Mrs. Soames
1977
9.0
All's Fair
1976
7.0
Family
1976
7.2
🎬
The Rich Little Show
1976
0.0
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
as Helen
1975
5.7
Hot l Baltimore
1975
3.5
Barney Miller
as Mrs. Rebecca Sobel
1975
7.3
In Fashion
as Madame Aigreville
1974
0.0
Good Times
1974
8.0
The Paul Lynde Show
as Charlotte
1972
5.0
🎬
Temperatures Rising
as Mrs. Moscowitz
1972
5.0
The Hot Rock
as Ma Murch
1972
6.5
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
Bananas
as Mrs. Ruth Mellish
1971
6.7
Great Performances
as Madame Aigreville
1971
5.8
All in the Family
as Lillian Henderson
1971
7.8
The Partridge Family
as Dr. Beecher
1970
6.8
Jenny
as Bella Star
1970
4.0
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Hello Down There
as Myrtle Ruth
1969
5.7
Pinocchio
as Rosa Whale
1968
0.0
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Woman in Window
1968
0.0
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
as Terentievna
1966
0.0
The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
1964
0.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Mona Brinkman
1961
6.0
The Defenders
as Mrs. Abeles
1961
5.9
Way Out
1961
6.3
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as The Angel Rochele
1959
0.0
Play of the Week
1959
0.0
"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
as Krazy Kat
1958
0.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
🎬
Appointment with Adventure
1955
6.5
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8