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.

Filmography

• 1989New York Stories — Maid
• 1984The Cotton Club — Norma Williams
• 1978The Wiz — Miss One
• The Love Boat — Dora
• 1973The Devil's Daughter — Margaret Poole
• 1972Call Her Mom — Ida
• The Paul Lynde Show
• Barefoot in the Park — Mabel Bates
• 1943Crazy House — Thelma

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self