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Rosetta Lenoire

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Rosetta Lenoire Famous memorial

Original Name
Rosetta Olive Burton
Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
17 Mar 2002 (aged 90)
Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 15
Memorial ID
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Actress. Born Rosetta Olive Burton, she was the goddaughter of famed tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" 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 to 1997), in which she played the role of Estelle 'Mother' Winslow.
Actress. Born Rosetta Olive Burton, she was the goddaughter of famed tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" 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 to 1997), in which she played the role of Estelle 'Mother' Winslow.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Cinnamonntoast4
  • Added: Mar 26, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6291133/rosetta-lenoire: accessed ), memorial page for Rosetta Lenoire (8 Aug 1911–17 Mar 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6291133, citing Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.