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- Birth nameRosetta Olive Burton
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Born Rosetta Olive Barton, Rosetta LeNoire was the goddaughter of famed tap dancer "Bojangles" Bill Robinson. She was in the landmark all-black version of "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles in the 1930s. Former president Bill Clinton presented her with the National Medal of the Arts in 1999. Appeared in the movies Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Brewster's Millions (1985), and the television series Family Matters (1989), in which she played the role of Estelle 'Mother' Winslow.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesEgbert Fitzgerald Brown(May 13, 1948 - November 18, 1973) (his death)William LeNoire(September 27, 1930 - May 7, 1943) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenWilliam
- RelativesMary A. Francis(Sibling)Wilmote Burton(Sibling)Warren Burton(Sibling)
- She took care of James Earl Jones when he was an infant, while she was a member of his father's acting troupe.
- Her father was one of the first licensed plumbers in New York State.
- Was a Broadway producer.
- Her mother died of pneumonia at age 27 after giving birth to her brother in a Harlem hospital corridor because segregationist policies barred her from using a room.
- Suffered from rickets as a child and had to wear leg braces for 13 years.
- I produce musicals. Music is one avenue where no one seems to have any discriminatory attitudes. Theatre techniques are a marvelous implement to bring people of all races, colors and creeds together.
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