
Thelma Carpenter
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-01-15
Day of Death
1997-05-14 (75 years old)
Thelma Carpenter
Biography
Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead.
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Acting
(1989)
New York Stories
as Maid
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Norma Williams
(1978)
The Wiz
as Miss One
(1973)
The Devil's Daughter
as Margaret Poole
(1972)
Call Her Mom
as Ida
(1943)
Crazy House
as Thelma