Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

  • Birthday: 1922-01-15
  • Deathday: 1997-05-14

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.

Filmography

Call Her Mom

1972

As Ida

The Wiz

1978

As Miss One

The Devil's Daughter

1973

As Margaret Poole

The Cotton Club

1984

As Norma Williams

Crazy House

1943

As Thelma

New York Stories

1989

As Maid

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