Actor

Rosetta LeNoire

August 8, 1911 · New York City, New York, USA

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).

Notable work

6.6
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as Judge R. Woods
6.2
Fritz the Cat (1972)
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
6.7
Family Matters (1989)
as Estelle Winslow

Often works with

Tovah Feldshuh
2 titles together
Brewster's Millions, Daniel
Telma Hopkins
2 titles together
Family Matters, Gimme a Break!
E.G. Marshall
2 titles together
Studio One, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Christopher Plummer
2 titles together
Hallmark Hall of Fame, Lily in Love

Full filmography · 26

Curtain Call
cast
2000
The Father Clements Story
cast
1987
Whatever it Takes
as Millie
1986
Brewster's Millions
as Judge R. Woods
19856.6
You Can't Take it With You
as Rheba
1984
Lily in Love
as Rosanna
1984
The Brother from Another Planet
as Mama
19846.7
Moscow on the Hudson
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
19846.3
Daniel
as Prison Matron
19836.6
Big Blonde
as Nettie
1980
Mandy's Grandmother
as Librarian
1978
The Royal Family
as Della
1977