Charlotte Mineau

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Charlotte Mineau
Charlotte Mineau, Sugar Daddies.jpg
Born(1886-03-24)March 24, 1886
Michigan, United States
DiedOctober 12, 1979(1979-10-12) (aged 93)
OccupationActress
Years active1913–1932

Charlotte Mineau (March 24, 1886 October 12, 1979) was a tall and thin American film actress of the silent era appearing in 65 to 80 films. [1]

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Biography

Mineau appeared in 65 films between 1913 and 1931. She supported Charlie Chaplin on numerous occasions, and also appeared in several very early Laurel and Hardy comedies.

One of her last screen appearances was with the Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd in Monkey Business (1931) where she appears as "Emily", a woman overheard by Groucho having an illicit affair on the veranda during the party scene. Her last known film appearance was in the Hal Roach two-reeler, Strictly Unreliable (1932), again with Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, in which Mineau, credited as "Charlotte Meno", plays Todd's landlady, Mrs. Hawkins.

Mineau was born in Michigan and died in Los Angeles, California.

Partial filmography

References

  1. "Charlotte Mineau, Silent Film Star". Daily Press. Retrieved April 12, 2021.