Charlotte Rae was an American actress of stage, comedienne, singer, and dancer, known as Emmy Award-winning role as Edna Garrett on NBC’s Diff'rent Strokes/NBC’s The Facts of Life and Sylvia Schnauser on NBC’s Car 54, Where Are You?

Theatre credits include her Broadway debut as Tirsa Shanahan in Three Wishes for Jamie (Mark Hellinger/Plymouth Theatres); Helen in Boom, Boom, Boom (Vivian Beaumont Theatre); Charlotte Mendelsohn in The Chinese and Dr. Fish (Ethel Barrymore Theatre); Gloria Krumgold in The Beauty Part (Music Box/Plymouth Theatres); Mammy Yokum in Li'l Abner (St. James Theatre); Millicent Fortescue/Others in The Littlest Revue (Phoenix Theatre); Mrs. Juniper in The Golden Apple (Alvin Theatre); Mrs. Peachum in Threepenny Opera (Theatre de Lys); and her Tony Award-winning roles as Mrs. Bardell in Pickwick (46th Street Theatre) and Gertrude in Morning, Beryl in Noon, and Filigree Bones in Night (Henry Miller's Theatre).