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Mitzi Green

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.


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Born:
Oct 22, 1920
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie The Marriage Playground 1929-12-12
Latest Project:
Movie Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952-11-14
Known For
Poster of Little Orphan Annie
Poster of Newly Rich
Poster of Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Poster of Dude Ranch
Filmography
Movie Lost in Alaska Rosette 1952-08-13
Movie Bloodhounds of Broadway '52nd Tessie' Sammis 1952-11-14
Movie Santa Fe Trail Girl at Wedding (uncredited) 1940-12-20
Movie Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Mitzi 1934-11-02
Movie Girl Crazy Tessie Deegan 1932-03-24
Movie Little Orphan Annie Annie 1932-11-04
Movie Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 Self 1932-08-25
Movie Skippy Eloise 1931-04-25
Movie Finn and Hattie Mildred Haddock 1931-02-04
Movie The Stolen Jools Little Mitzi 1931-04-04
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) Self 1931-06-01
Movie Dude Ranch Alice Merridew 1931-05-15
Movie Huckleberry Finn Becky Thatcher 1931-08-07
Movie Newly Rich Daisy Tate 1931-07-02
Movie Honey Doris 1930-03-29
Movie Paramount on Parade Herself 1930-04-22
Movie The Santa Fe Trail Emily 1930-09-27
Movie Love Among the Millionaires Penelope 'Penny' Whipple 1930-07-05
Movie Tom Sawyer Becky Thatcher 1930-12-19
Movie The Marriage Playground Zinnie Wheater 1929-12-12