Donna Charles, best known for portraying Rosie the Cleaning Lady for many years as one of the popular Streetmosphere characters at the Disney-MGM Studios, suffered a stroke a few months ago. Her fellow cast members organized an after-hours benefit show at the Theater of the Stars at the Studios (normally home to Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage) to help her out. Every dollar raised went to Donna to help defray costs for medical expenses and loss of work.
An amazing line-up of Streetmosphere characters, current and retired performed, as well as some of her former colleagues from her days at the Adventurer's Club. Since the show was not being sponsored by Disney, there was no official mention of it anywhere. The benefit was held August 11, 2006.
Donna Charles began working at Walt Disney World in 1982, doing trunk shows at EPCOT Center with the SAK Theater. She was selected to be a member of the original cast of the Adventurer's Club at Pleasure Island, creating the role of the club's maid. She was later asked to move to the Disney-MGM Studios to become part of what became known as Streetmosphere. She has created several Streetmosphere characters, including Rosie, who is now one of the most requested characters at the Studios.
So, now ya know. Maggie
