The Resume

(October 22, 1920-May 29, 1969)
Born in Bronx, New York
Birth name was Elizabeth Keno
Frequently billed as 'Mitze Green' and 'Little Mitzi, the Child Mimic'
Acted in 'Tom Sawyer' (1930), 'Skippy' (1931), 'Newly Rich' (1931), 'Huckleberry Finn' (1931), 'Little Orphan Annie' (1932), 'Girl Crazy' (1932) and 'Lost in Alaska' (1952)
Acted in the original Broadway productions of 'Babes in Arms' (1937) and 'Billion Dollar Baby' (1945-1946)
Trademark song was 'My Funny Valentine'
Catchphrase was 'I've got a secret!'

Why she might be annoying:

She began her career at the age of 3.
She was once sent a pet baby alligator by one of her fans.
Her tomboyish 'bowl cut' was eventually ripped off by Mary 'Scout' Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird.
She developed early, resulting in her career fizzling out even faster than normal for a child star.
She was deemed as 'too big' and 'too buxom' to be convincing as Little Orphan Annie.
Even in her film debut at the age of 9, she was deemed as looking to 'grown' (in an 'Our Gang' comedy short).
She matured so quickly that she was actually cast in a romantic lead as a coquettish socialite in 'Transatlantic Merry Go Round.'
She became a hit on the vaudeville circuit as a child by doing imitations of the popular minstrel routine, Moran and Mack, 'the Two Black Crows.'
She was also popular for her imitations of vampish sex symbols of the period, including Greta Garbo, Clara Bow, Jean Harlow and, most famously, Mae West.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the first child Paramount ever signed to a multi-picture contract.
She was able to make the transition from child actress to a successful career on Broadway.
She died of cancer at the age of only 48 (May, 1969).
She managed to play the bratty, manipulative smart-mouthed kid without being precociously annoying.
Margaret O'Brien, the biggest child star box office draw of the 1940s, may have patterned her star-making 'bratty persona' on Green's.
She did hilarious, often spot-on, imitations of Edna May Oliver, Bing Crosby, George Arliss, W.C. Fields, and Maurice Chevalier.
Film historians now view her as the anti-Shirley Temple of the 1930s (whose popularity delivered the final blow to Greene's dying career).
She enjoyed a brief comeback starring in an Abbott and Costello comedy and playing a recurring role in the sitcom, 'So This is Hollywood.'
She worked with the legendary Green/Comden and Rodgers/Hart teamings.
She was the first performer to sing the nightclub staples, 'My Funny Valentine' and 'The Lady is a Tramp' in their original Broadway productions.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Who Think They Can Dance
• Appeared in Black Face
• Baby Faces
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 02]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10221920)
• Child Stars [1930s]
• Child Stars Who Became Grown-Up Stars
• Fag Hags [Women Loved by Gay Men]
• Flappers
• I am a Bronxite
• I am an Angelino [Residents of Los Angeles]
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Died in 1969 (Ranked: 48)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Have Breast Cancer
• I Have Dimples
• I Made a Movie Before Becoming a Teenager
• I Married My Manager
• I Portrayed a Child
• I Portrayed an Orphan
• I Portrayed Little Orphan Annie
• I Portrayed Tom Sawyer
• I Was a Child Star
• I was Movie Spanked
• I'm Dutch
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Female A-K
• Look at My Toys
• Moes [AKA the Bowl Cut]
• Our Gang [Little Rascals]
• Profiles 36501-36750 (Ranked: 36514)
• Tap Dancers
• Tomboys

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying