Hi guys,
Thought you might want to know this, in case you didn't see it.
From AP Newswire:
Rosetta LeNoire
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress-producer Rosetta LeNoire, who was directed
by Orson Welles in a landmark, all-black version of "Macbeth" in the
1930s and who received the National Medal of Arts in 1999, died Sunday
in Teaneck, N.J., after a long illness. She was 90.
Known to TV audiences for her long-running role as Grandma Winslow on
the television comedy "Family Matters," LeNoire founded the Amas
Repertory Theatre in New York in 1968. The nonprofit organization,
dedicated to developing musicals and new talent, produced such popular
shows as "Bojangles" and Tony nominee "Bubbling Brown Sugar."
Born in New York City, LeNoire took music lessons from legendary
jazzman Eubie Blake. By age 15, she was a chorus girl working with her
godfather, dancing great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
She made her Broadway debut in "The Hot Mikado" in 1939, going on to
appear in such shows as "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Sunshine
Boys" and "Lost In The Stars."
LeNoire also co-starred in the film version of "Anna Lucasta" with
Sammy Davis Jr. and Eartha Kitt and appeared in such TV series as
"Search for Tomorrow," "The Guiding Light" and "Gimme a Break."
She played Grandma Winslow on "Family Matters' from 1989 to 1997.