Portrait of Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

Acting

Biography

Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thelma Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: January 15, 1922

Filmography

1989
1984
The Cotton Club

as Norma Williams

1978
The Wiz

as Miss One

1977
1973
The Devil's Daughter

as Margaret Poole

1972
1943
Crazy House

as Thelma