Tall, elastic-jointed nightclub dancer and zany comedienne, later in films, whose trademark was her high kick. Her eccentric humor was all the more incongruous on account of her aura of elegance in that fastidiously styled coiffure and those glamorous, magnificently tailored gowns in which she might appear.

Decidedly double-jointed vaudevillian best known as Aunt Eller in the movie version of Oklahoma! (1955).Even when well into middle age, she could perform complete leg-splits as well as kick higher than the top of her own head - sideways!Greenwood was the original choice to play "Aunt Eller" in the Broadway musical "Oklahoma!" In fact, the part was conceived with her in mind. Film commitments, however, kept her from doing the role and the part went to actress Betty Garde . As a testament to her popularity, Greenwood was asked to do the film version over a decade later.Her first marriage to actor Cyril Ring , brother of screen legend Blanche Ring , ended in scandal after only six years; her second marriage to musician Martin Broones was long and happy.Originally had a prominent part in the Broadway version of "Annie Get Your Gun". At the insistence of star Ethel Merman , the part was pared down to almost nothing. When a dispirited Greenwood gave co-producer Richard Rodgers notice, a sympathetic Rodgers replied, "Letty, I can hardly blame you.".Aunt of A. Edward SutherlandBiography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 247-249. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1601 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.