Mitzi Green (born Elizabeth Keno; October , â€" May , ) was an
American child actress for Paramount and RKO, in the early "talkies"
era. She then acted on Broadway and in other stage works, as well as
in films and on television.Mitzi Green, was born in The Bronx on
October , . Starting at the age , she began appearing in her parents'
vaudeville act under the name Little Mitzi.Green was cast in such
conventional juvenile parts as Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer () and
Huckleberry Finn () opposite Jackie Coogan and Jackie Searl. She also
starred in the title role of Little Orphan Annie. At the age of , she
played a soubrette role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (). This film
closed out the first stage of her Hollywood career.She went on to
Broadway, where she starred in the original production of Rodgers and
Hart's Babes in Arms (). Two of Green's numbers in the musical were
"My Funny Valentine," which would later become a jazz standard in many
cover recordings and performances, and "The Lady is a Tramp".
American child actress for Paramount and RKO, in the early "talkies"
era. She then acted on Broadway and in other stage works, as well as
in films and on television.Mitzi Green, was born in The Bronx on
October , . Starting at the age , she began appearing in her parents'
vaudeville act under the name Little Mitzi.Green was cast in such
conventional juvenile parts as Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer () and
Huckleberry Finn () opposite Jackie Coogan and Jackie Searl. She also
starred in the title role of Little Orphan Annie. At the age of , she
played a soubrette role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (). This film
closed out the first stage of her Hollywood career.She went on to
Broadway, where she starred in the original production of Rodgers and
Hart's Babes in Arms (). Two of Green's numbers in the musical were
"My Funny Valentine," which would later become a jazz standard in many
cover recordings and performances, and "The Lady is a Tramp".
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