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Home/People/Thelma Carpenter
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Born
Jan 15, 1922Died: May 14, 1997
Lived 75 years
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

6
Movies
4
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Thelma Carpenter

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thelma Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
New York Stories poster

New York Stories

as Maid
1989
The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club

as Norma Williams
1984
The Wiz poster

The Wiz

as Miss One
1978
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

as Margaret Poole
1973
Call Her Mom poster

Call Her Mom

as Ida
1972
Crazy House poster

Crazy House

as Thelma
1943