Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazzetta; August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017) was an American actress, singer, comedian, and

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performer with a career spanning nine decades, which included film, radio, records, theater, night clubs and television. As a child performer during the years just after the

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era, she had a successful singing career under the stage name Baby Rose Marie. Rose Marie was widely known for her role on the

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situation comedy ''

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'' (1961–1966) as television comedy writer

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, "who went toe-to-toe in a man's world". Later, she portrayed Myrna Gibbons on ''

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'' and was a featured celebrity on ''

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'' for 14 years. She is the subject of a 2017 documentary film, '' Wait for Your Laugh'', which includes interviews with her and her co-stars including

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, and

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Early life and childhood career

Rose Marie was born Rose Marie Mazzetta in Manhattan, New York, on August 15, 1923, to Polish-American Stella Gluszcak and Italian-American vaudeville actor Frank Mazzetta, who went by the name of Frank Curley. Her mother took her to see local vaudeville shows regularly and afterwards, Rose Marie would sing what she had heard for neighbors, who eventually entered her in a talent contest. At the age of three, Marie started performing under the name "Baby Rose Marie". At five, she was offered a seven-year contract and became a radio star on the NBC Radio Network and made a series of films. Rose Marie later recalled: To counteract these rumors, NBC arranged for her to undertake a national stage tour, and she appeared in a few short films including ''Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder'' (1929), a

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sound short. Between 1930 and 1938, she made 17 recordings, three of which were not issued. Her first issued record, recorded on March 10, 1932, featured accompaniment by

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's orchestra, one of the leading African American jazz orchestras of the day. Henderson and the band were said to be in the

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studios recording the four songs they were intending to produce that day and were asked to accompany Baby Rose Marie, reading from a stock arrangement. She continued to appear in films through the mid-1930s, making shorts and one feature picture, '' International House'' (1933), with

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for

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Adult career

As she entered adulthood, Rose Marie turned to nightclub and lounge performances. According to her autobiography ''Hold the Roses,'' she was assisted in her career by many members of organized crime, including

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and

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. Rose Marie secured work at the

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in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was built by Siegel. Because of the Flamingo's organized crime ties, she had to seek permission to perform in other casinos and remained loyal to "the boys" at the Flamingo for the rest of her life. Concurrently with her nightclub work, Rose Marie continued to work in radio, earning the nickname "Darling of the Airwaves".

Television

In the 1960–1961 season, Marie co-starred with

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, and

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in ''

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''. After five seasons (1961–1966) as Sally Rogers on ''

'', Rose Marie co-starred in two seasons (1969–1971) of ''

'' as Doris Martin's friend and co-worker Myrna Gibbons. She also appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' in the mid-1960s. She later had a semi-regular seat in the upper center square on the original version of ''

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.'' Because contestants tended to pick corner squares first, the phrase "Rose Marie to block" was uttered so often she frequently joked that she should legally change her name to that. Rose Marie performed on three 1966 and 1967 episodes of ''

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'' on

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and also twice (1964 and 1968) on ''

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'' on ABC. In the mid-1970s, Rose Marie appeared in the recurring role of Hilda on the police drama '' S.W.A.T.'' Hilda brought fresh doughnuts, made coffee for the team, and provided some comic relief. In the March 8th, 1986, episode of ''

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'', Rose Marie played a key role in "Steele in the Spotlight". In the early 1990s, Rose Marie had a recurring role as Frank Fontana's mother on ''

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''. She appeared as Roy Biggins' domineering mother Eleanor "Bluto" Biggins in an episode of ''

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''. Rose Marie and ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' co-star

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appeared together in an October 1993 episode of ''

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'' and guest-starred in a February 1996 episode of ''

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'', shortly before Amsterdam's death in October of that same year.

Theater

Rose Marie appeared opposite

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in the hit Broadway musical '' Top Banana'' in 1951, also appearing in the well-received 1954 film adaptation. She later claimed that her musical numbers were cut from the film in retaliation for her publicly refusing the producer's sexual advances. Near the end of her life, she testified that it was the only time she had ever experienced sexual harassment in the entertainment industry in her 90-year career. In 1965, Rose Marie appeared in the Dallas production of ''

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'' as Mae Peterson, the mother of the character played by Dick Van Dyke on Broadway and in the film. From 1977 to 1985, Rose Marie co-starred with

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, and

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in the musical revue ''4 Girls 4'', which toured the United States and appeared on television several times. Rose Marie was the celebrity guest host of a comedy play, ''Grandmas Rock!'', written by Gordon Durich. It was originally broadcast on radio in 2010 on

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and KKZZ, and rebroadcast on KVTA and KKZZ again in September 2012 in honor of

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Personal life

Rose Marie was married to trumpeter Bobby Guy from 1946 until his death in 1964. The couple had one daughter, television producer Georgiana Guy Rodrigues. Though it was presented in the press as romantic, in the 1970s Rose Marie maintained a

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with

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co-owner Vince Miranda. In her later years, Rose Marie was active on social media, particularly developing a following on Twitter, where she offered support for women who, like her, had suffered from

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Death

Rose Marie died at her home in the

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neighborhood of Los Angeles on December 28, 2017, at the age of 94.

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memorialized her as "the patron saint of female comedy writers". Rose Marie's long-time friend and agent, Harlan Boll, says that the legendary actress's death had to do with "age problems." Boll was with Marie shortly before she died. He explained to reporters that Marie had lain down to rest on Thursday afternoon, and by the time her caregiver checked in on her, to see if she wanted something to eat, she discovered she had stopped breathing.

Partial filmography

Feature films

*'' International House'' (1933) - Rose Marie *'' Top Banana'' (1954) - Betty Dillon *'' The Big Beat'' (1958) - May Gordon *''

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'' (1966) - Annie *'' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' (1966) - Margaret Kirby *''Memory of Us'' (1974) - Ida *''The Man From Clover Grove'' (1974) - Sister Mary *''Bruce's Deadly Fingers'' (1976) *'' Cheaper to Keep Her'' (1980) - Ida Bracken *''

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'' (1981) - Mrs. Schmeckler *''

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'' (1986) - Mrs. Moses *''The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters'' (1986) - Herself *''Sandman'' (1993) - Car Saleswoman *'' Psycho'' (1998) - Norma Bates (voice, uncredited) *''

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'' (1999) - Clara *''

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th ''Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th'' is a 2000 American direct-to-video parody slasher film directed by John Blanchard. The film stars Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tom Arnold, Coolio and Shirley Jones. Several mid- and late 1990 ...

'' (2000) - Mrs. Tingle *'' Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes'' (2004) - Herself *''Forever Plaid'' (2008) - Herself

Short subjects

*''Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder'' (1929) - Herself *''Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4'' (1932) *''Sing, Babies, Sing'' (1933) - Herself *''Back in '23'' (1933) - Herself *''Rambling 'Round Radio Row'' (1934) - Herself *''At the Mike'' (1934) - Herself - Baby Rose Marie *''

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'' (1938) - Sally Swing (voice, uncredited) *''Surprising Suzie'' (1953) - Herself

Television

*''

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'' (1957, Episode 94: "Twelfth Night") - Mrs. Monger *''

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'' (1958, Episode 36: " The System") - Margo *''

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'' (1958–1959, 9 episodes) - Martha Randolph *''

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'' (1960) - Mrs. Tarantino *''

'' (1960–1961) - Bertha *''

'' (1961–1966) - Sally Rogers *''

'' (1966–1967, "Monkees in a Ghost Town", "Monkee Mother") - The Big Man, Bessie Kowalski / Milly *'' The Virginian'' (1967) - Belle Stephens *''Walter of the Jungle'' (1967) (unsold pilot) *''

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'' (1968, Episode: "First Night Out") - Nurse Genevieve Goodbody *''

'' (cast member 1969–1971) - Myrna Gibbons *''Honeymoon Suite'' (1972, 3 episodes) (with

) *''

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'' (1972–1973, "The Tip", "Clear with a Civilian: Part 2") - Woman at Bus Depot / Jean Wagner *'' S.W.A.T.'' (1975) - Hilda *''

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'' (1975, episode "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred") - Mrs. Tildon *''

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'' (1978–1984) - Beatrice Multon / Bertha Finch / Fourth Bridge Player / Dotty Price *'' Bridge Across Time'' (1985, TV Movie) - Alma Bellock *''

'' (1986, Series 4 Episode 17: " Steele in the Spotlight") - Billie Young *''The Jackie Bison Show'' (1990, unsold pilot that aired on NBC) - Doris (voice) *''

'' (1990–1991, 2 episodes) - Rose Fontana *''

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'' (1990) - Rayna *'' Scorch'' (1992, canceled after three episodes) - Mrs. Edna Bracken *''

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'' (1993) - Mrs. Crabface (voice) *'' Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero'' (1993) *'' Hardball'' (1994, canceled after seven episodes) - Mitzi Balzer *'' Cagney & Lacey: Together Again'' (1995, TV Movie) - Mitzi Glass *''

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'' (1995) - Honna (voice) *''

'' (1996–1997, "Caroline and the Watch", "Caroline and the Kept Man") - Stella Dawson *''

'' (1997) - Eleanor Bluto Biggins *''

Suddenly Susan ''Suddenly Susan'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, a ...

'' (1997) - Joy *''

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'' (1998) - Agatha Caulfield (voice) *''

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'' (2001) - Edna *'' Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales'' (2003) - Herself *''The Alan Brady Show'' (2003, TV Movie) - The Secretary (voice) *''

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'' (2003) - Sylvia *'' The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited'' (2004, TV Movie) - Sally Rogers Glimscher *''

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'' (2008–2013) - Varicella (voice)

Bibliography

References

External links

An interview with Rose Marie, March 2011

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