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Article: LOTTE GOSLAR, DANCER AND MIME KNOWN FOR ECCENTRIC COMEDY.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- October 20, 1997
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Byline: The New York Times The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lotte Goslar, a dancer and mime known for her eccentric and whimsical comedy, died Thursday at the Willowood Nursing Home in Great Barrington, Mass. She was 90 and lived in West Cornwall, Conn.
A short, roly-poly woman with a round, expressive face, Miss Goslar as a performer brought bugs, flowers and mushrooms vividly to life. She could portray a doting nanny and an obstreperous child with equal conviction.
In one of her most famous solos, Grandma Always Danced, she was seen, first, as a baby, then as a bride, a mother and an old woman. At any age, this character ...