Charlotte Lawrence(1921-1993)
- Actress
Charlotte Lawrence was born Charlotte Sorkin on April 22, 1921, in Los
Angeles, CA. She attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA where
she was active in Theater. She moved to New York in the early 1940's to
pursue a career in Radio. She had a lucrative career as a radio
actress, but left NY to return home to take care of her mother. In the
mid 1950's she appeared in several I Love Lucy episodes and countless
TV shows as a character actress. In the mid 1960's, Charlotte left
acting and entered the corporate world. She worked at Capital Records
for over 10 years before landing a key position at Lorimar Television
Productions as Manager, Music Clearance and Licensing. From the late
1970's to 1992, Charlotte oversaw the music clearance and licensing for
Lorimar's television shows (The Waltons, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon
Crest, Full House, Perfect Strangers and Hogan's Family), plus
countless MOW's and mini-series, as well as Lorimar Motion Pictures.
Charlotte also handled the music clearance and licensing for Lorimar's
advertising company Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, which at the
time was the 11th largest advertising agency in the United States, with
accounts such as Chrysler and Revlon. In 1992 Charlotte left Lorimar to
become Director of Music Licensing for Saban Entertainment. She passed
away quietly in her home on October 20, 1993 in Van Nuys, California.
