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Rosemary DeCamp (1910–2001)

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RoseMary De Camp was the quintessential small-town American mother, a calming and steadying presence in scores of films in the 1940s and 1950s. She came to Hollywood after a successful career on the stage and in radio, making her film debut in 1941. Though she worked for many studios, she was most closely associated with Warner Bros.... See full bio »

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in Prescott, Arizona, USA

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(age 90) in Torrance, California, USA
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1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Agnes
– Dead Letter (1989) … Agnes
 
1986-1987 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Amy Jeffries
– A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking (1987) … Amy Jeffries
– A Room with a View (1986) … Amy Jeffries
 
1985 Hotel (TV series)
Mary Tyson
– Wins and Losses (1985) … Mary Tyson (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1983 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Eugenia Winston
– Whatever Happened to Morris Perlmutter? (1983) … Eugenia Winston
 
1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Carol Cook
– Midnight Waltz/Let Them Eat Cake (1983) … Carol Cook
 
1983 A Chip of Glass Ruby
Mother
 
1982 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Mrs. Martin
– The Dead Letter File (1982) … Mrs. Martin (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1981 Saturday the 14th
Aunt Lucille (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1981 B.J. and the Bear (TV series)
Hatsie Tipton
– Seven Lady Captives (1981) … Hatsie Tipton
– For Adults Only (1981) … Hatsie Tipton
 
1981 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Buck's Mother
– The Guardians (1981) … Buck's Mother (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1980 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series)
Mama Lobo
– Mystery on the Orly Express (1980) … Mama Lobo
– Police Escort (1980) … Mama Lobo
 
1979-1980 Days of Our Lives (TV series)
Mother Superior
 
1979 Family (TV series)
Amelia Stone
– Thanksgiving (1979) … Amelia Stone
 
1979 Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World (TV movie)
 
1978 The Time Machine (TV movie)
Agnes
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Cynthia Loudon
– Too Hot to Handle/Family Reunion/Cinderella Story (1978) … Cynthia Loudon
 
1977 We've Got Each Other (TV series)
Nurse
– The 101st Hibbard (1977) … Nurse
 
1976 Phillip and Barbara (TV movie)
Edna
 
1973-1975 Police Story (TV series)
Beaulah / the Grocery Owner
– Breaking Point (1975) … Beaulah
– Collision Course (1973) … the Grocery Owner
 
1975 Medical Story (TV series)
– The Moonlight Heater (1975)
 
1975 Petrocelli (TV series)
Mrs. Drew
– Chain of Command (1975) … Mrs. Drew
 
1975 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Mary Ramsey
– Gearjammers, Part 1 (1975) … Mary Ramsey (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Nurse Kelly
– Dark Corridors (1975) … Nurse Kelly
 
1970-1973 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Grandma Amanda Renfrew
– Maid in San Pueblo (1973) … Grandma Amanda Renfrew (as Rosemary De Camp)
– The Modfather (1972) … Grandma Amanda Renfrew (as Rosemary De Camp)
– The Forty-Year Itch (1971) … Grandma Amanda Renfrew
– Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) … Grandma Amanda Renfrew
 
1971-1973 Mannix (TV series)
Mrs. Alferro / Mrs. Henry, Dorothy's Mother
– Little Girl Lost (1973) … Mrs. Alferro
– The Crime That Wasn't (1971) … Mrs. Henry, Dorothy's Mother
 
1969-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Mrs. Kearn (segment "Love and the Other Love") / Old Martha Pomerantz (segment "Love and the Anniversary")
– Love and the Anniversary/Love and the Playwright/Love and the Trampled Passion (1973) … Old Martha Pomerantz (segment "Love and the Anniversary")
– Love and the Bachelor/Love and the Other Love/Love and the Positive Man (1969) … Mrs. Kearn (segment "Love and the Other Love") (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1972 Call Holme (TV movie)
Miss Paperman
 
1971 Longstreet (TV series)
Emma Brinkley
– The Long Way Home (1971) … Emma Brinkley
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Ellen Chase (segment "The Painted Mirror")
– The Messiah on Mott Street/The Painted Mirror (1971) … Ellen Chase (segment "The Painted Mirror")
 
1966-1970 That Girl (TV series)
Helen Marie
– The Night They Raided Daddy's (1970) … Helen Marie (as Rosemary De Camp)
– The Snow Must Go On (1969) … Helen Marie (as Rosemary De Camp)
– Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1969) … Helen Marie (as Rosemary De Camp)
– My Part Belongs to Daddy (1969) … Helen Marie (as Rosemary De Camp)
– Bad Day at Marvin Gardens (1969) … Helen Marie (as Rosemary De Camp)
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1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Mrs. Fletcher
– The Crimpers (1969) … Mrs. Fletcher (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1965-1969 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Canary Harris / Caroline Romney
– Here Stands Bailey (1969)
– Canary Harris vs. the Almighty (1965) … Canary Harris
– Mrs. Romney and the Outlaws (1965) … Caroline Romney
 
1964-1968 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Aunt Helen / Emily Mapes
– Kate's Homecoming (1968) … Aunt Helen
– Ring-A-Ding-Ding (1968) … Aunt Helen
– My Pal Sam (1968) … Aunt Helen
– Cannonball for Sale (1968) … Aunt Helen
– Bad Day at Shady Rest (1968) … Aunt Helen
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1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Mrs. Franklin
– Operation Long Shadow (1965) … Mrs. Franklin
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Angela Faring
– Music Hath Charms (1965) … Angela Faring
 
1965 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
Angela Spencer
– You Can't Buy a Friend (1965) … Angela Spencer
 
1964 The Baileys of Balboa (TV series)
Emily
– Love Is a White Sea Bass (1964) … Emily
 
1964 Breaking Point (TV series)
Gertrude Komack
– A Little Anger Is a Good Thing (1964) … Gertrude Komack
 
1963 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Mrs. Smith-Standish / Pricilla Rolfe Alden Smith-Standish
– Jed Cuts the Family Tree (1963) … Pricilla Rolfe Alden Smith-Standish
– The Family Tree (1963) … Mrs. Smith-Standish
 
1962 Ensign O'Toole (TV series)
Leona
– Operation: Swindle (1962) … Leona
 
1962 Hazel (TV series)
Sybil
– Hazel's Cousin (1962) … Sybil
 
1961-1962 Rawhide (TV series)
Ma Fletcher / Mrs. Armstrong
– House of the Hunter (1962) … Mrs. Armstrong
– Incident Near Gloomy River (1961) … Ma Fletcher (as Rosemary de Camp)
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Jeanette Pace
– Chalk One Up for Johnny (1962) … Jeanette Pace
 
1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Mrs. Phelps
– Killer's Choice (1962) … Mrs. Phelps
 
1961 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Abigail Van Clive
– Clem's Other Clem (1961) … Abigail Van Clive
 
1960 13 Ghosts
Hilda Zorba (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Maxine
– Night Club (1959) … Maxine
 
1955-1959 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
Margaret MacDonald / Nargaret MacDonald
– Bob Clashes with Ken (1959) … Margaret MacDonald
– Bob Gets Hypnotized (1959) … Margaret MacDonald
– Bob and the Pediatrician (1959) … Margaret MacDonald
– Bob and the Ballet (1959) … Margaret MacDonald
– Bob Goes Western (1959) … Margaret MacDonald
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1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Cora Thompson / Laura Weber
– No Place to Run (1958) … Laura Weber
– Trial by Slander (1958) … Cora Thompson
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Eleanor Farrington
– The 78th Floor (1956) … Eleanor Farrington
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Miss Schuyler
– The Sad Death of a Hero (1955) … Miss Schuyler
 
1955 Strategic Air Command
Mrs. Thorne (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1955 Many Rivers to Cross
Lucy Hamilton
 
1955 Man on a Bus (short)
 
1954 Lady in the Wings (TV movie)
Mrs. Edward MacDowell
 
1953-1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Mildred Ledbetter / Mrs. Hartley
– Segment (1954) … Mildred Ledbetter
– The Good of His Soul (1954) … Mrs. Hartley
– Alias Nora Hale (1953)
 
1954 Omnibus (TV series)
Shark Wicks' wife
– Nobody's Fool (1954) … Shark Wicks' wife
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway
The Mother - Mrs. Craig
 
1953 So This Is Love
Aunt Laura Stokley
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Alice Winfield
 
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Samuella
 
1952 Scandal Sheet
Charlotte Grant
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay
Alice Winfield (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1951 Night Into Morning
Mrs. Annie Ainley
 
1950 The Big Hangover
Claire Bellcap
 
1949-1950 The Life of Riley (TV series)
Peg Riley / Mom / Peg
– Five Dollar Bill (1950) … Mom
– The Banned Book (1950) … Peg Riley
– Junior and the Bully (1950) … Peg
– Riley's Quarrel (1950) … Peg Riley (as Rosemary De Camp)
– South American Job (1950) … Peg Riley
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1949 The Story of Seabiscuit
Mrs. Charles S. Howard
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
Mama Miller
 
1949 Night Unto Night
Thalia Shawn
 
1949 The Life of Riley
Peg Riley
 
1947 Nora Prentiss
Lucy Talbot
 
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
Nan
 
1946 From This Day Forward
Martha Beesley
 
1945 Too Young to Know
Mrs. Enright
 
1945 Danger Signal
Dr. Jane Silla
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Anna
 
1945 Pride of the Marines
Virginia Pfeiffer
 
1945 Rhapsody in Blue
Rose Gershwin
 
1945 Blood on the Sun
Edith Miller
 
1944 Practically Yours
Ellen Macy
 
1944 Bowery to Broadway
Bessie Kirby
 
1944 The Merry Monahans
Lillian Miles, aka Lillian DeRoyce
 
1943 This Is the Army
Ethel Jones
 
1943 City Without Men
Mrs. Slade
 
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
Hilma Arnesen
 
1942 Eyes in the Night
Vera Hoffman (as Rosemary de Camp)
 
1942 Smith of Minnesota
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
 
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Nellie Cohan
 
1942 Jungle Book
Messua (as Rosemary De Camp)
 
1941 Hold Back the Dawn
Berta Kurz
 
1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop
Minna Fields
 
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2008 Warner at War (TV documentary) (performer: "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited)
 
1968 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
– My Pal Sam (1968) (performer: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - uncredited)
– Mae's Helping Hand (1968) (performer: "So Long Mae Belle" - uncredited)
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited)
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining (performer: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - uncredited, "Back, Back, Back to Baltimore" - uncredited)
 
1944 The Merry Monahans (performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" - uncredited)
 
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy (performer: "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" 1897 - uncredited, "I Was Born in Virginia" 1906 - uncredited)
 
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1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 March 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 March 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade (documentary short)
Herself
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Jean Hersholt (1954) … Herself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots 5852: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (documentary short)
Herself - Celebration Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (video documentary)
Margaret McDonald
 
1970 That Girl (TV series)
 
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World (documentary short)
Herself (segment "Yankee Doodle Dandy") (uncredited)
 

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Appeared on the stage at Loyola University of Los Angeles (now Loyola Marymount University) in a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the baptism of William Shakespeare, on Sunday, April 26, 1964. Among other passages from Shakeseare's plays, she performed a series of lines spoken by Margaret, from... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Rosemary De Camp | Rosemary de Camp

Height:

5' 2½" (1.59 m)
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On July 7, 1946, she and her husband were in their house in Beverly Hills, California, when an aircraft crashed into the roof of the house next door, and its wing cut through the roof of her house and landed in the bedroom, where she and her husband were. The plane, an experimental model called the XF-11... See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio