Mitzi Green

Born: 1920-10-22

Mitzi Green, also known as Mitze Green, was born Elizabeth Keno in The Bronx on October 22, 1920. At age 3, she began appearing in her parents' vaudeville act. In the early 1930s, she starred in several popular films with Paramount Pictures, including Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931). She became known as "Little Mitzi," and she was the first child star to sign for a multi-picture contract with Paramount. Green had a natural talent for comedy and mimicry, and audiences were impressed by her uncanny imitations of Greta Garbo and George Arliss. She was also a gifted singer, performing two songs in Girl Crazy (1932). But her career as "Little Mitzi" would not last. Green matured quickly, and at age 14 she was cast in an adult role in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), which marked the end of her career as a child star. Green left Hollywood and spent the next several years performing on Broadway and in night clubs. She starred in the original Broadway production of Rogers' and Hart's Babes in Arms, where she introduced the classic song "My Funny Valentine." During this time she appeared in only one film, Santa Fe Trail (1940), in which she had a bit part. Green's career as an adult star in Hollywood began in 1952, when she re-emerged on screen in Lost in Alaska (1952), opposite Abbott and Costello. She also appeared in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and the sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), in which she played a perceptive stunt woman. After many years of retirement, Green died of cancer on May 24, 1969, in Huntington Beach, California. She was 48. She is buried in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.


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Santa Fe Trail

as Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-20

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....

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The Stolen Jools

as Little Mitzi
Released: 1931-04-04

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...

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Bloodhounds of Broadway

as '52nd Tessie' Sammis
Released: 1952-11-14

A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert...

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Huckleberry Finn

as Becky Thatcher
Released: 1931-08-07

A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home...

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Paramount on Parade

as Herself
Released: 1930-04-22

This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars,...

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Skippy

as Eloise
Released: 1931-04-25

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and...

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Lost in Alaska

as Rosette
Released: 1952-08-13

After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police...

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Dude Ranch

as Alice Merridew
Released: 1931-05-15

Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the...

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Newly Rich

as Daisy Tate
Released: 1931-07-02

Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing...

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Tom Sawyer

as Becky Thatcher
Released: 1930-12-19

The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his...

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Girl Crazy

as Tessie Deegan
Released: 1932-03-24

New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very...

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Finn and Hattie

as Mildred Haddock
Released: 1931-02-04

The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the...

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Little Orphan Annie

as Annie
Released: 1932-11-04

Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his...

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The Marriage Playground

as Zinnie Wheater
Released: 1929-12-12

A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several...

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Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

as Mitzi
Released: 1934-11-02

Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been...

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Honey

as Doris
Released: 1930-03-29

A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

as Self
Released: 1931-06-01

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen...

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Galas de la Paramount

as Self (also in original-version footage)
Released: 1930-07-31

Spanish-language version of PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (q.v.), with new sequences of interest to...

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The Santa Fe Trail

as Emily
Released: 1930-09-27

A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses,...

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Love Among the Millionaires

as Penelope 'Penny' Whipple
Released: 1930-07-05

A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

as Self
Released: 1932-08-25

In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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