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Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

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 syndicated 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1910-11-14

Birth Place

Prescott, Arizona, USA

Movies and TV shows :

13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts

1960

5.7

Movie
poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
poster

87th Precinct

1961

7.5

TV
poster

B. J. and the Bear

1979

5.5

TV
poster

Blind Ambition

1979

5.0

TV
Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945

5.8

Movie
Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway

1944

0.0

Movie
poster

Breaking Point

1963

7.3

TV
poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

6.9

TV
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953

5.8

Movie
Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941

5.9

Movie
City Without Men

City Without Men

1943

5.0

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942

5.3

Movie
Danger Signal

Danger Signal

1945

5.8

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
poster

Ensign O'Toole

1962

6.5

TV
Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night

1942

6.0

Movie
From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

1946

5.2

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
poster

Hazel

1961

7.0

TV
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

6.6

Movie
poster

Hotel

1982

6.8

TV
Jungle Book

Jungle Book

1942

6.3

Movie
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

5.7

Movie
poster

Love, American Style

1969

6.0

TV
Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

6.5

Movie
Man on a Bus

Man on a Bus

1955

4.0

Movie
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955

6.2

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
poster

Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning

1951

5.8

Movie
Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night

1949

5.1

Movie
Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss

1947

6.0

Movie
On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

1951

6.4

Movie
poster

Petrocelli

1974

7.0

TV
poster

Petticoat Junction

1963

5.9

TV
poster

Police Story

1973

7.1

TV
Practically Yours

Practically Yours

1944

0.0

Movie
Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines

1945

6.5

Movie
poster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

1945

6.4

Movie
Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th

1981

5.0

Movie
Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

1952

7.0

Movie
poster

Simon & Simon

1981

6.7

TV
Smith of Minnesota

Smith of Minnesota

1942

0.0

Movie
So This Is Love

So This Is Love

1953

5.5

Movie
poster

St. Elsewhere

1982

5.4

TV
Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

1955

6.1

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

That Girl

1966

6.1

TV
poster

The Baileys of Balboa

1964

6.5

TV
poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

6.9

TV
The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover

1950

6.7

Movie
poster

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

5.8

TV
poster

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.0

TV
The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

1949

7.0

Movie
poster

The Life of Riley

1949

7.5

TV
poster

The Love Boat

1977

6.3

TV
The Memoirs of a Fairy Godmother

The Memoirs of a Fairy Godmother

1980

0.0

Movie
The Merry Monahans

The Merry Monahans

1944

5.5

Movie
poster

The Red Skelton Show

1951

7.4

TV
poster

The Rockford Files

1974

7.5

TV
The Story of Seabiscuit

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949

5.8

Movie
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1978

4.7

Movie
The Treasure of Lost Canyon

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

1952

5.6

Movie
The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

5.3

Movie
The Wayward Pups

The Wayward Pups

1937

4.0

Movie
This Is the Army

This Is the Army

1943

5.7

Movie
poster

This Is Your Life

1952

6.6

TV
Tom, Dick and Harriet

Tom, Dick and Harriet

1960

0.0

Movie
Too Young to Know

Too Young to Know

1945

0.0

Movie
Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

4.8

Movie
poster

We've Got Each Other

1977

5.0

TV
Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945

6.0

Movie
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

7.0

Movie