Thelma Carpenter

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Film & TV

Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thelma Carpenter,…

Known for

• New York Stories — Maid1989
• The Cotton Club — Norma Williams1984
• The Wiz — Miss One1978
• The Love Boat — Dora1977
• The Devil's Daughter — Margaret Poole1973
• Call Her Mom — Ida1972
• The Paul Lynde Show1972
• Barefoot in the Park — Mabel Bates1970
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
• Crazy House — Thelma1943

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1922-01-15

Active to

1997-05-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

5,885

Total plays

28,430

Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922- May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress. In 1939 she joined Count Basie, where she recorded some of her most memorable material. After Basie she recorded with Teddy Wilson. She died in 1997 from a heart attack. She spoke in interviews of having performed at the age of seven, although not a great deal of information is available on her background. Talent scout and record producer John Hammond picked up on her in 1939, when she would have been in

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Thelma

Family name

Carpenter

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Brooklyn

Place of death

Manhattan

Occupation

film actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

jazz

Instrument

voice

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