Charlotte Mineau

American actress

Charlotte Mineau
Eddie Gribbon (in window), Charlotte Mineau, and Kalla Pasha in Love's False Faces (1919)
Born	(1886-03-24)March 24, 1886 Michigan, United States
Died	October 12, 1979(1979-10-12) (aged 93) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1932

Charlotte Mineau (March 24, 1886 – October 12, 1979) was a tall and thin American film actress of the silent era appearing in 65 to 80 films.^[1]

Biography

Mineau appeared in 65 films between 1913 and 1931. She supported Charlie Chaplin on numerous occasions, and also appeared in several very early Laurel and Hardy comedies.

One of her last screen appearances was with the Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd in Monkey Business (1931) where she appears as "Emily", a woman overheard by Groucho having an illicit affair on the veranda during the party scene. Her last known film appearance was in the Hal Roach two-reeler, Strictly Unreliable (1932), again with Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, in which Mineau, credited as "Charlotte Meno", plays Todd's landlady, Mrs. Hawkins.

Mineau was born in Michigan and died in Los Angeles, California.

Partial filmography

Two Hearts That Beat as Ten (1915, Short) - The Nurse
His New Job (1915, Short) - Film Star (uncredited)
Sweedie Goes to College (1915, Short) - Mrs. Knowledge - the Matron
A Bunch of Keys (1915) - Rose Keys
A Night in the Show (1915, Short) - Lady in the Stalls (uncredited)
The Floorwalker (1916, Short) - Store Detective
The Vagabond (1916, Short) - Girl's mother
The Count (1916, Short) - Mrs. Moneybags (uncredited)
The Pawnshop (1916, Short) - Customer (uncredited)
The Rink (1916, Short) - Edna's Friend (uncredited)
Easy Street (1917, Short) - Big Eric's Wife (uncredited)
Rosemary Climbs the Heights (1918) - Mme. Thamar Fedoreska
Carolyn of the Corners (1919) - Amanda Parlow
Married Life (1920) - Impatient Patient
Love, Honor and Behave (1920) - A Merry Widow
Love Is an Awful Thing (1922) - Marion
The Extra Girl (1923) - Belle Brown
Happiness (1924) - Head Saleslady
Baby Clothes (1926, Short) - Mrs. Weedle
Sparrows (1926) - Mrs. Grimes
Get 'Em Young (1926, Short) - Hired bride
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926, Short) - Orville's Mother
Love 'em and Weep (1927, Short) - Mrs. Aggie Tillsbury
The First Auto (1927) - Mrs. Stebbins (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies (1927, Short) - Mrs. Brittle
Monkey Business (1931)
Beach Pajamas (1931, Short)
Strictly Unreliable (1932, Short) - Mrs. Hawkins - Landlady

References

^ "Charlotte Mineau, Silent Film Star". Daily Press. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlotte Mineau.

Charlotte Mineau at IMDb

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