Biography
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was born on April 22, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Russian Jewish immigrants Esther (née Ottenstein), who was a childhood friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Meyer Lubotsky, a retail tire business owner. She is one of three sisters, along with Miriam and the late Beverly (December 21, 1921 – June 2, 1998). She graduated from Shorewood High School in 1944. For the first ten years or so of her life, Rae's family lived in Milwaukee, then moved to Shorewood,...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ricki and the Flash
2015
as Oma
Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning hom...

She's The Best Thing in It
2015
as Self
Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her l...

Love Sick Love
2012
as Edna
Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, E...

Christmas Cottage
2008
as Vesta
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Mrs. Greenhouse
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

The Facts of Life Reunion
2001
as Mrs. Edna Garrett
After receiving two separate marriage proposals, Natalie asks the gang to reunite in Peekskill, NY.

Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
2000
as Self
Al Lewis becomes well-known for his iconic role as Grandpa on "The Munsters".

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
2000
as Mrs. Caruthers (voice)
When Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christm...

Another Woman's Husband
2000
as Stella
When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband...

101 Dalmatians Christmas
1998
as Nanny
In Disney's fourth adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Cruella de Vil appears in the role of Scrooge, Jasper and Horace as Marley, Cadpi...

Nowhere
1997
as Fortune Teller
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her l...

Thunder in Paradise
1993
as Lola Miller
Terry "Hulk" Hogan stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an ex-Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. In order to s...

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992
as Aunt Figg (voice)
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exp...
Save the Dog!
1988
Becky wants to become an actress. After an audition for a dog food ad she has best chances to get the part - but the day after her dog Petey becomes v...

The Worst Witch
1986
as Miss Cackle / Agatha
Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The...

Noah's Ark
1986
as Noah's Wife / Additional Voices (voice)
The story of the Prophet Noah. Violence and corruption fill the earth. To punish this wickedness, God vows to send a cleansing flood. Only one man - N...

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Words by Heart
1985
as Mary Tom Chism
The only black family living in a small midwestern town at the turn of the century confront prejudice, as seen through the eyes of the young daughter.

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
1982
as Edna Garrett
Mrs. Garrett and the girls travel to Paris, France. Mrs. Garrett takes a cooking class taught by a famous chef as the girls take classes at the sister...

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Beane's of Boston
1979
as Mae Slocombe
To keep from being fired by his father, Franklin Beane has a bright idea for a theme week for the Mens and Ladies Wear department of Beane's of Boston...

Hair
1979
as Lady in Pink
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his...

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979
as Bessie
The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women....

Rabbit Test
1978
as Cousin Claire
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!

A Different Approach
1978
An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's a...

Sidewinder 1
1977
as Mrs. Holt
An ageing motocross champ agrees to help design and endorse a new motorcycle.

Our Town
1977
as Mrs. Soames
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
as Helen
A middle-aged woman finds herself simply a widow, a grandmother and a person when a friend takes her to the Stardust Ballroom, a dance hall which recr...

In Fashion
1974
as Madame Aigreville
This charming musical comedy, set in turn-of-the-century Paris and based on George Feydeau's classic romp, "Tailleur Pour Dames," turns on a case of m...

The Hot Rock
1972
as Ma Murch
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Bananas
1971
as Mrs. Ruth Mellish
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...

Jenny
1970
as Bella Star
An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger so he can avoid the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to Vietnam. But...

Hello Down There
1969
as Myrtle Ruth
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family ...

Pinocchio
1968
as Rosa Whale
Pinocchio is a musical version of the story that aired in the United States on NBC, with pop star Peter Noone playing the puppet.

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Woman in Window
On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the...

The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966
as Terentievna
Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a simple manuscript reader at a publishing house whos...

The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
1964
While all the other dragons are puffing away, one dragon refuses to smoke. They all think he's totally square and a number of them challenge him to fi...

The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as The Angel Rochele
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and televisi...

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
1958
as Krazy Kat
From Camera Three, excepts of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot are combined with George Herriman's Krazy Kat. Krazy Kat waits for Ignatz to throw a ...