Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
gimmeabreak · This mailing list is devoted to the 1980's tv show/sitcom Gimme a Break which starred Nell Carter, Dolph Sweet, Kari Michaelson
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Want to share photos of your group with the world? Add a group photo to Flickr.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
FYI   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #269 of 1045 |
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.




Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:30 pm

skoone1
Offline Offline
Send Email Send Email

Forward
Message #269 of 1045 |
Expand Messages Author Sort by Date

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...
skoone1
Offline Send Email
Mar 19, 2002
11:19 pm

People Magazine did a nice article on Nell. It also has photos of her sons and 1 of the fueneral with the girls from GAB and Addy...
ericdc10 <ericdahl65@...
ericdc10
Offline Send Email
Jan 31, 2003
10:59 pm

could you send us a link to it? Thanks. -Pete...
Pete Lobert
lobertpete
Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2003
4:32 am

Just a quick note to let everyone know Telma Hopkins (Addy) is on Hollywood Squares this week. Check your TV Guide for time and channel. Also dont forget...
ericdc10
Offline Send Email
Mar 16, 2004
4:45 am
Advanced

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help