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Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 14, 1910
Died Feb 20, 2001 (90)
Birthplace Prescott, Arizona, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Rosemary DeCamp was an American radio, film, and television actress. DeCamp first came to fame in November 1937, when she took the role of Judy Price, the secretary/nurse of Dr. Christian in the long-running radio series of the same name. She also played in The Career of Alice Blair, a transcribed s ... yndicated soap opera that ran in 1939–1940. She made her film debut in Cheers for Miss Bishop and appeared in many Warner Bros. films, including Eyes in the Night, Yankee Doodle Dandy playing Nellie Cohan opposite James Cagney, This Is The Army playing the wife of George Murphy and the mother of Ronald Reagan, Rhapsody in Blue, and Nora Prentiss. She played the mother of the character played by Sabu Dastagir in Jungle Book. In 1951 and 1953, respectively, she starred in the nostalgic musical films On Moonlight Bay and its sequel, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, as Alice Winfield, Doris Day's mother, opposite Leon Ames. DeCamp played Peg Riley in the first television version of The Life of Riley opposite Jackie Gleason in the 1949–1950 season, then reprised the role on radio with original star William Bendix for an episode of Lux Radio Theater in 1950. From 1955–1959, she was a regular on the popular NBC television comedy The Bob Cummings Show, playing Margaret MacDonald, widowed sister of Cummings's character, the lothario photographer and former World War II pilot Bob Collins. Dwayne Hickman (future star of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) portrayed her son, Chuck. She appeared in the 1961 Rawhide episode, "Incident Near Gloomy River". In 1962, she played a dishonest Southern belle in the NBC sitcom Ensign O'Toole with Dean Jones. She appeared in the role of Gertrude Komack on ABC's medical drama Breaking Point in the episode entitled "A Little Anger is a Good Thing". DeCamp had a recurring role as Helen Marie, the mother of Marlo Thomas's character on the ABC sitcom That Girl from 1966–1970. She appeared in several 1968 episodes of the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction as Kate Bradley's sister, Helen, filling in as a temporary replacement for the ailing Bea Benaderet as the mother figure to Bradley's three daughters. DeCamp made several appearances as the mother of Shirley Partridge in The Partridge Family from 1970–1973. She also played The Fairy Godmother in the 1980s TV show, The Memoirs of a Fairy Godmother. DeCamp played Buck Rogers' mother in flashback scenes of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "The Guardians". On July 7, 1946, her Beverly Hills home was damaged when struck by a wing after the experimental XF-11 piloted by Howard Hughes (re-created in the 2004 movie, The Aviator) crashed nearby. Although a piece of the wing and a part of the neighbor's roof landed in DeCamp's bedroom (where she and her husband were sleeping) they sustained no injuries.

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Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th

1981

as Aunt Lucille

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1978

as Agnes

13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts

1960

as Hilda Zorba

Man On A Bus

Man On A Bus

1955

as Miriam

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

1955

as Mrs. Thorne

Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955

as Lucy Hamilton

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953

as Alice Winfield

Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Mrs. Harry Craig

So This Is Love

So This Is Love

1953

as Aunt Laura Stokley

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

1952

as Samuella

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

1952

as Charlotte Grant

On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

1951

as Alice Winfield

Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning

1951

as Mrs. Annie Ainley

The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover

1950

as Claire Bellcap

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

1949

as Peg Riley

Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night

1949

as Thalia Shawn

The Story of Seabiscuit

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949

as Mrs. Charles S. Howard

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

as Mom Miller

Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss

1947

as Lucy Talbot

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

1946

as Martha Beesley

Danger Signal

Danger Signal

1945

as Dr. Jane Silla

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines

1945

as Virginia Pfeiffer

Too Young to Know

Too Young to Know

1945

as Mrs. Enright

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945

as Edith Miller

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

1945

as Rose Gershwin

The Merry Monahans

The Merry Monahans

1944

as Lillian DeRoyce

Practically Yours

Practically Yours

1944

as Ellen Macy

Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway

1944

as Bessie Kirby

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

1943

as Ethel Jones

City Without Men

City Without Men

1943

as Mrs. Slade

Jungle Book

Jungle Book

1942

as Messua

Smith of Minnesota

Smith of Minnesota

1942

as Mrs. Smith (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Nellie Cohan

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942

as Hilma Arnesen

Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night

1942

as Vera Hoffman

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

as Berta Kurz

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941

as Minna Fields

The Wayward Pups

The Wayward Pups

1937

as Lady of the house (voice) (uncredited)

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Television Credits

The Bob Cummings Show

as Margaret MacDonald

Episodes: 173

First Aired: Jan 02, 1955

The Life of Riley

as Peg Riley

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Oct 04, 1949

Petticoat Junction

as Aunt Helen

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

Blind Ambition

as Maureen Dean's Mother

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 20, 1979

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Priscilla Rolfe Alden Smith-Standish

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 26, 1962

St. Elsewhere

as Amy Jeffries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 1982

Burke's Law

as Mrs. Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

The Love Boat

as Cynthia Loudon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Buck's Mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1979

Petticoat Junction

as Emily Mapes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

Studio One

as Cora Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Maxine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Anna Baetz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Rawhide

as Margaret Fletcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Climax!

as Eleanor Farrington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Dr. Kildare

as Angela Faring

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The Red Skelton Show

as Abigail Van Clive

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

Hazel

as Sybil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

Rawhide

as Mrs. Armstrong

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Ensign O'Toole

as Leona

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1962

Studio One

as Laura Weber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Rockford Files

as Mary Ramsey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

77 Sunset Strip

as Nurse (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

The Ford Television Theatre

as Mildred Ledbetter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1952

Love, American Style

as Mrs. Kearn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

Petrocelli

as Mrs. Drew

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

Love, American Style

as Old Martha Pomerantz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

Murder, She Wrote

as Agnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Mannix

as Mrs. Henry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

That Girl

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

B. J. and the Bear

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 10, 1979

Police Story

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

Simon & Simon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1981

Quincy, M.E.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Hotel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Night Gallery

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1970

87th Precinct

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

This Is Your Life

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

The Baileys of Balboa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1964

We've Got Each Other

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1977

Breaking Point

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1963

The Ford Television Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1952

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2025 1 9 22 3
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