Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Melanie Chartoff
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 19Series: 29
TMDB ID: 155754
IMDb ID: nm0153589
Known for: Acting
Born: December 15, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2024
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 7.05
Wikidata: Q434254
Also known as
Melanie Barbara Chartoff
Biography
Melanie Barbara Chartoff (born December 15, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. Chartoff first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series Fridays (1980–1982), and in the 1990s Fox sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats and All Grown Up!.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melanie Chartoff.
as Milly Moskowitz
Cut Off
2024 • Movie
as Maureen Finn
Alexander IRL
2017 • Movie
as Black & White Hen (voice)
Dr. Dolittle 3
2006 • Movie
as Didi (voice)
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White
2005 • Movie
as Didi Pickles (voice)
Rugrats Go Wild
2003 • Movie
as Didi Pickles (voice)
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002 • Movie
as Didi Pickles (voice)
Rugrats: All Growed Up
2001 • Movie
as Didi Pickles (voice)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 • Movie
as Frances Dobson
Big Brother Trouble
2000 • Movie
as Didi Pickles / Minka Kropotkin (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
1998 • Movie
as Didi Pickles
A Rugrats Vacation
1997 • Movie
as Stephanie
Plato's Run
1997 • Movie
as Didi Pickles / Minka Kropotkin (voice)
A Rugrats Chanukah
1996 • Movie
as Didi Pickles / Minka Kropotkin (voice)
A Rugrats Passover
1994 • Movie
as Beverly
Stoogemania
1985 • Movie
as Linda Libel
Doin' Time
1985 • Movie
as Dace
Having It All
1982 • Movie
as Fan
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979 • Movie
as Citizen's Wife (uncredited)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melanie Chartoff.
as Woman from the Appraisers' Office • 1 eps
Switched at Birth
2011 • Series
as Sally • 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
2004 • Series
as Didi Pickles (voice) • 4 eps
All Grown Up!
2003 • Series
as Bridget • 1 eps
Half & Half
2002 • Series
1 eps
The Zeta Project
2001 • Series
as Sasha Simmons • 1 eps
Taina
2001 • Series
as Joanne Poole • 1 eps
Ally McBeal
1997 • Series
as Cheryl Featherfoffer (voice) • 1 eps
Arthur
1996 • Series
as Aunt Nora (voice) • 40 eps
Jumanji
1996 • Series
as Sen. Anne Pick • 1 eps
JAG
1995 • Series
as Grape Fox (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as Connie Berger • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
3 eps
Weird Science
1994 • Series
as Didi Pickles (voice) • 322 eps
Rugrats
1991 • Series
as Grace Musso • 73 eps
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990 • Series
1 eps
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 • Series
as Robin • 3 eps
Seinfeld
1989 • Series
2 eps
Wiseguy
1987 • Series
as Laurie Diamond, Attorney • 1 eps
Married... with Children
1987 • Series
as Desiree DeMornay • 5 eps
Fresno
1986 • Series
1 eps
Mr. Belvedere
1985 • Series
as Kate Larson • 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
1982 • Series
as Dr. Mary Kaiser • 5 eps
Newhart
1982 • Series
as Self • 60 eps
Fridays
1980 • Series