Biography

Charlotte Rae is one of America's best known character actresses, particularly in long-running television situation comedies. She was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in the city of Milwaukee, a city on the Lake Michigan in the United States upper Midwest. Her father was a Russian Jewish immigrant who owned a retail tire business. She was a small girl, felt herself plain and awkward, and found that in performing she could feel popular and accepted. She began doing children's thea... Read more