Charita Bauer

Charita Bauer (December 20, 1922 – February 28, 1985) was an American soap opera radio and television actress.

Born in Newark, New Jersey on December 20, 1923, she began her career at the age of eight as a model for clothing ads. Her talents included singing, playing the piano, and speaking three languages.

Stage

Bauer attended the Professional Children's School in New York, and her first theater appearance was on Broadway in Thunder on the Left (1933). She was the only child actress in The Women on Broadway in 1938. By 1942, Bauer's maturity was evident as a newspaper reported, "Charita Bauer ... gets her first 'grown-up' role in a Broadway play in William Roos' 'Life of Reilly,' which opens on Apr. 29." In 1944, she played in Good Morning, Corporal, on Broadway, with a reviewer commenting, "she's grown up and in this play has the role of a young woman ..."

Radio

Bauer first appeared on radio on WPAP in New York City as a child. She was active throughout the 1930s and 1940s on numerous radio dramas of the day, including Let's Pretend, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. The March of Time, The FBI in Peace and War, Suspense and other programs.