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Mitzi Green(1920-1969)

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Mitzie Green 7/17/43
Mitzi Green, also known as Mitze Green, was born Elizabeth Keno in The Bronx on October 22, 1920. At age 3, she began appearing in her parents' vaudeville act. In the early 1930s, she starred in several popular films with Paramount Pictures, including Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931). She became known as "Little Mitzi," and she was the first child star to sign for a multi-picture contract with Paramount. Green had a natural talent for comedy and mimicry, and audiences were impressed by her uncanny imitations of Greta Garbo and George Arliss. She was also a gifted singer, performing two songs in Girl Crazy (1932). But her career as "Little Mitzi" would not last. Green matured quickly, and at age 14 she was cast in an adult role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), which marked the end of her career as a child star. Green left Hollywood and spent the next several years performing on Broadway and in night clubs. She starred in the original Broadway production of Rogers' and Hart's Babes in Arms, where she introduced the classic song "My Funny Valentine." During this time she appeared in only one film, Santa Fe Trail (1940), in which she had a bit part. Green's career as an adult star in Hollywood began in 1952, when she re-emerged on screen in Lost in Alaska (1952), opposite Abbott and Costello. She also appeared in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and the sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), in which she played a perceptive stunt woman. After many years of retirement, Green died of cancer on May 24, 1969, in Huntington Beach, California. She was 48. She is buried in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
BornOctober 22, 1920
DiedMay 24, 1969(48)
BornOctober 22, 1920
DiedMay 24, 1969(48)
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Tom Ewell, Mitzi Green, and Joe Kirk in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Lou Costello and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Lou Costello and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Iron Eyes Cody, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Ewell, and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Tom Ewell and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Ewell, and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bruce Cabot and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Tom Ewell and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bruce Cabot and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bruce Cabot, Tom Ewell, and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
Mitzi Green and Helen Kane in Paramount on Parade (1930)

Known for

Mary Brian and Fredric March in The Marriage Playground (1929)
The Marriage Playground
6.1
  • Zinnie Wheater
  • 1929
Tom Sawyer (1930)
Tom Sawyer
6.3
  • Becky Thatcher
  • 1930
Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)
Skippy
6.3
  • Eloise
  • 1931
Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, and Gene Raymond in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
6.3
  • Mitzi
  • 1934

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Actress

  • So This Is Hollywood
  • Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
    Bloodhounds of Broadway
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
    Lost in Alaska
  • The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)
    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Raymond Massey in Santa Fe Trail (1940)
    Santa Fe Trail
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, and Gene Raymond in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
  • Mitzi Green in Little Orphan Annie (1932)
    Little Orphan Annie
  • Mitzi Green, Dorothy Lee, Eddie Quillan, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Girl Crazy (1932)
    Girl Crazy
  • Huckleberry Finn (1931)
    Huckleberry Finn
  • Louise Fazenda, Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, and Jackie Searl in Newly Rich (1931)
    Newly Rich
  • Stuart Erwin, Jack Oakie, Eugene Pallette, and Charles Sellon in Dude Ranch (1931)
    Dude Ranch
  • The Stolen Jools (1931)
    The Stolen Jools
  • Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)
    Skippy
  • Leon Errol and Mitzi Green in Finn and Hattie (1931)
    Finn and Hattie
  • Tom Sawyer (1930)
    Tom Sawyer

Soundtrack

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
    Bloodhounds of Broadway
    • (uncredited)
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Mitzi Green in Lost in Alaska (1952)
    Lost in Alaska
  • Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, and Gene Raymond in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)
    Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
  • Mitzi Green, Dorothy Lee, Eddie Quillan, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Girl Crazy (1932)
    Girl Crazy
    • (uncredited)
  • Love Among the Millionaires (1930)
    Love Among the Millionaires
    • (uncredited)
  • Paramount on Parade (1930)
    Paramount on Parade
  • Nancy Carroll and Stanley Smith in Honey (1930)
    Honey

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    • October 22, 1920
    • The Bronx, New York, USA
    • May 24, 1969
    • Huntington Beach, California, USA(cancer)
    • Joseph PevneyAugust 25, 1942 - May 24, 1969 (her death, 4 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Susie Ward") in "Babes in Arms" on Broadway. Written by Richard Rodgers and 'Lorenz Hart' (qfv). Also in cast: Ray Heatherton. NOTE: Green first sang the now classic "My Funny Valentine" in this production.
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    One of her fans once sent her a live baby alligator.

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