Jane Phin Rose"City-Born Actress Dies"
''Spokane Chronicle''. June 30, 1979. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2023."United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQH-9SL : accessed 26 July 2023), Jane P Lisa Rose in household of Francis E Rose, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 1A, line 14, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2518; FHL microfilm 2,342,252. (February 7, 1913 – June 29, 1979) was an American character actress, perhaps best remembered as Audrey Dexter, the gently befuddled mother-in-law of

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’s character ( Phyllis Lindstrom) on the

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sitcom '' Phyllis'' (1975–1977).

Early life

Rose was born in Spokane, Washington, the only child born to Dr. Charles L. Rose, a Spokane dentist, and Dr. Frances Eastman, a Spokane physician. Eastman had a daughter, Angeline Kearny Lockhart, by a previous marriage. In her early years, Jane Rose participated in little theater. She was educated at Lewis and Clark High School, the

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, and

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Career

Rose appeared in the original Broadway productions of ''

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'' (1952–53), '' Orpheus Descending'' (1957), and '' The Gazebo'' (1958–59), as well as a revival of

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's ''

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'' (1959–60), in which she played Nurse Guinness. She also performed for the

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in such productions as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''." Her films included

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's '' Summertime'' (1955), with

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, '' Flipper'' (1963), and ''

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'' (1970), with

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and

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. Among her numerous TV credits were appearances on such shows as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Defenders'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Lou Grant'', and '' Co-Ed Fever''. In addition, she was featured on the daytime dramas ''

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'' (in which she created the character of Sarah Dale), ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1975, Rose was cast as Audrey Dexter, mother-in-law to Phyllis Lindstrom (

), on ''Phyllis'' (1975–77). In 2005 – almost thirty years after ''Phyllis'' was cancelled - Rose was nominated for a TV Land Award as "Favorite Mother-in-Law". Rose's last seen performance was as Mrs. Bulfinch in the ABC miniseries '' Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979). Rose also worked with the New York Association for the Blind (she served eleven years as the Association's Director of Recreation), also taught acting, and was a pioneer in the use of drama as therapy for the blind.

Death

She died of cancer on June 29, 1979, at her home in

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. She was 66.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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