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Rosetta LeNoire

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Actress

The Resume

    (August 18, 1911-March 17, 2002)
    Birth name was Rosetta Olive Burton
    Appeared in 'Anna Lucasta,' 'The Sunshine Boys,' 'Thank You, M'am,' 'Moscow on the Hudson,' 'The Brother from Another Planet,' 'Brewster's Millions,' 'Játszani kell,' 'Whatever It Takes'
    Played Mary Ellen Bailey in 'Studio One,' Mama Maybelle 'Gimme a Break!,' Leona Herbert in 'The Guiding Light,' Gloria Metcalf in 'The Guiding Life,' Leola Forbes in 'Amen,' Estelle 'Mother' Winslow in 'Family Matters'

Why she might be annoying:

    She appeared in five made for TV movies.
    She provided a voice for the God-awful movie 'Fritz the Cat.'
    She was on 'Family Matters,' one of the most banal sitcoms of the 1990's.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother died at 27, when she went to a segregated hospital to give birth and was not allowed in any of the rooms.
    Her father was the famous tap dancer, Bojangles.
    Her Broadway debut was in 'The Hot Mikado,' an all-black version of 'The Mikado.'
    She had two great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
    Bill Clinton gave her the National Medal of the Arts.
    She is a former baby sitter of James Earl Jones.
    She appeared in Orson Welles' all-black version of 'Macbeth.'

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 32.14% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 47.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 42.73% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 227 Votes: 43.61% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 300 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 550 Votes: 44.91% Annoying