Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin
Charlotte Austin
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Born	Jean Charlotte Austin; November 2, 1933 (age 91); Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
💼 Occupation	Actress; dancer; singer;
📆 Years active	1952–1997
👩 Spouse(s)	Jon P. Antelline; (m. 1965; div. 1969)
👴 👵 Parent(s)	Gene Austin

Charlotte Austin (born November 2, 1933) is an American retired actress.

Named for her birthplace (Charlotte, North Carolina), Charlotte Austin is the daughter of Gene Austin, a top crooner of the 1920s and 1930s and the composer of many popular songs. Dramatic training and a screen test led to a contract at 20th Century-Fox for Charlotte in the early 1950s, when she had parts in the studio's How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Désirée (1954) and Daddy Long Legs (1955), and she co-starred (on loanout to Columbia) in the musical Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952). Freelancing after the mid-'50s, she moved from musicals to monsters, perhaps most notoriously tackling half of the title role in the Edward D. Wood Jr.-scripted The Bride and the Beast (1958). In 1998, She is now a dealer in antiques after she retired from acting in 1997.

In the 1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, The Most Happy Fella (1962), Land of a Million Elephants (1965) and Rose Mary (1967). She also started voice acting in television films, films and commercials like Crayola, Kit-Cat Klock and Jif.

She provided the voice of Penny Sillery in Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972).

Early life[edit]

Austin was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania into a Catholic family, the daughter of Edith Gertrude (née Duffy) and Gene Austin, a singer.

Career[edit]

1952–1962: Beginnings[edit]

After appearing in television commercials for Winston cigarettes and Coca-Cola,^[1] Austin was featured in an episode of Monodrama Theater performing a monodramatic piece, which was broadcast in 1952 on the DuMont Network.^[2] The following year, she made her film debut with a small walk-on part in the film .

1963–1971: Contract disputes and independent films[edit]

1972–1989: Later roles and retirement[edit]

Her role in Music Girl was Austin's last screen appearance before she formally retired from acting in 1989.

Personal life[edit]

Filmography[edit]


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Belles on Their Toes	Student	Uncredited; film debut
	Les Miserables	Student	Uncredited
	Monkey Business	Student	Uncredited
	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Cathy Blake
1953	The Farmer Takes a Wife	Pearl Dowd
	Lux Video Theatre	Marie	Episode: A Man in the Kitchen
	How to Marry a Millionaire	Model	Uncredited
1954	Gorilla at Large	Audrey Baxter
	Désirée	Paulette Bonaparte
	There's No Business Like Show Business	Lorna	Uncredited
1955	Daddy Long Legs	Sally McBride
1955	How to Be Very, Very Popular	Midge
1957	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	An Eye for an Eye
	The Man Who Turned to Stone	Carol Adams
	Pawnee	Dancing Fawn
1958	The Bride and the Beast	Laura
	Frankenstein	Judy Stevens
	Steve Canyon	WAF	Episode: Operation Toweline; Uncredited
1960	Perry Manson	Norma Williams	Episode: The Case of the Gallant Grafter
1962	The Most Happy Fella	Waitress	Uncredited
1962	G.E. True	Jill Torrance	Episode: Cheating Cheaters
1965	Land of a Million Elephants	Jessie	Voice role
1967	Rose Mary	Bubble Socks
1967	Rooster Theater	Vivian Woodchuck	Voice role
1972	Mad Mad Mad Monsters	Penny Sillery	Voice role; TV film
1973	Dr. Suess on the Loose	Sneetches	Voice role
1977	Buck		Final portray role
1977	Horton Hears a Who	Birds	Voice role
1999
1999			Final Voice role

↑ Baker 1983, p. 73.
↑ "Carroll Baker Biography (1931–)". Film Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBaker198373-1] Baker 1983, p. 73.

[FR-2] "Carroll Baker Biography (1931–)". Film Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

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