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12 Facts About Charlotte Zucker

1.

Charlotte Zucker was the mother of filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, and appeared in many of their films.

2.

Charlotte Zucker's father, Harry Lefstein, was a tailor, and her mother, Sarah was a housewife.

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Charlotte Zucker earned a degree in speech and theater at Brooklyn College, and appeared in stage performances at the Henry Street Neighborhood Playhouse.

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Charlotte Zucker then moved to Milwaukee to teach English at a junior high school.

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Charlotte Zucker graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a master's degree.

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Charlotte Zucker had appeared in community theater productions in Florida and in Shorewood, Wisconsin.

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Charlotte Zucker was a member of the Jewish Community Center Readers Theater-Milwaukee.

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Charlotte Zucker made her screen debut in The Kentucky Fried Movie.

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Charlotte Zucker appeared at the Second Avenue Theater, New York, reading selections from Molly Picon's autobiography.

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From 1941 to her death in 2007, she was married to Burton Charlotte Zucker, who was a real estate developer.

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On September 5,2007, Charlotte Zucker died from cancer in Shorewood, Wisconsin, aged 86.

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Charlotte Zucker was buried at Second Home Cemetery in Greenfield, Wisconsin.