Rosemary DeCamp

Born: 1910-11-14

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.


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13 Ghosts

as Hilda Zorba
Released: 1960-07-18

Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will...

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Jungle Book

as Messua
Released: 1942-04-03

Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human...

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Nellie Cohan
Released: 1942-05-29

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George...

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Eyes in the Night

as Vera Hoffman
Released: 1942-10-16

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help...

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Saturday the 14th

as Aunt Lucille
Released: 1981-10-30

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a...

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Blood on the Sun

as Edith Miller
Released: 1945-04-26

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world...

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Hold Back the Dawn

as Berta Kurz
Released: 1941-09-26

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...

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Rhapsody in Blue

as Rose Gershwin
Released: 1945-06-27

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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Strategic Air Command

as Mrs. Thorne
Released: 1955-07-12

Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of...

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Scandal Sheet

as Charlotte Grant
Released: 1952-01-16

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

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The Time Machine

as Agnes
Released: 1978-11-05

A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he...

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On Moonlight Bay

as Alice Winfield
Released: 1951-07-26

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield...

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Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Hilma Arnesen
Released: 1942-12-30

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village,...

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

as Alice Winfield
Released: 1953-03-26

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World...

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Nora Prentiss

as Lucy Talbot
Released: 1947-02-22

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a...

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Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Minna Fields
Released: 1941-02-21

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a...

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This Is the Army

as Ethel Jones
Released: 1943-08-14

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....

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The Story of Seabiscuit

as Mrs. Charles S. Howard
Released: 1949-11-12

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory...

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Danger Signal

as Dr. Jane Silla
Released: 1945-11-21

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide,...

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The Merry Monahans

as Lillian DeRoyce
Released: 1944-09-15

The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his...

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So This Is Love

as Aunt Laura Stokley
Released: 1953-07-15

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

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Many Rivers to Cross

as Lucy Hamilton
Released: 1955-02-04

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let...

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From This Day Forward

as Martha Beesley
Released: 1946-03-02

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his...

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City Without Men

as Mrs. Slade
Released: 1943-01-14

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near...

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Pride of the Marines

as Virginia Pfeiffer
Released: 1945-08-24

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to...

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Night Unto Night

as Thalia Shawn
Released: 1949-06-10

A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In...

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The Big Hangover

as Claire Bellcap
Released: 1950-05-26

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is...

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Bowery to Broadway

as Bessie Kirby
Released: 1944-11-03

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them...

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as Anna
Released: 1945-10-04

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...

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Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Nan
Released: 1946-07-26

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He...

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The Treasure of Lost Canyon

as Samuella
Released: 1952-03-01

Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal...

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Night Into Morning

as Mrs. Annie Ainley
Released: 1951-06-08

Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.

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Man on a Bus

as Miriam
Released: 1955-05-01

Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling...

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Main Street to Broadway

as Mrs. Harry Craig
Released: 1953-10-12

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying...

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Practically Yours

as Ellen Macy
Released: 1944-12-20

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be...

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Smith of Minnesota

as Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Released: 1942-10-15

This biopic takes an in-depth look into the life of Minnesota All-American football player Bruce...

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Look for the Silver Lining

as Mom Miller
Released: 1949-07-30

After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing...

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Too Young to Know

as Mrs. Enright
Released: 1945-12-01

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.

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The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Released: 1943-10-16

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon...

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The Life of Riley

as Peg Riley
Released: 1949-04-16

Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy...

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Tom, Dick and Harriet

as Mother
Released: 1960-01-01

Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when...

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Quincy, M.E.

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-03

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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St. Elsewhere

as Amy Jeffries
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Petticoat Junction

as Emily Mapes
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Petticoat Junction

as Aunt Helen
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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The Rockford Files

as Mary Ramsey
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Climax!

as Eleanor Farrington
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The Love Boat

as Cynthia Loudon
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Abigail Van Clive
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Agnes
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Love, American Style

as Mrs. Kearn
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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Love, American Style

as Old Martha Pomerantz
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Priscilla Rolfe Alden Smith-Standish
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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Dr. Kildare

as Angela Faring
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Burke's Law

as Mrs. Franklin
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Hazel

as Sybil
First aired: 1961-09-28

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...

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Night Gallery

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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Studio One

as Cora Thompson
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Laura Weber
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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That Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...

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Rawhide

as Margaret Fletcher
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Mrs. Armstrong
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Mildred Ledbetter
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Nurse (uncredited)
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Buck's Mother
First aired: 1979-09-20

20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him...

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Petrocelli

as Mrs. Drew
First aired: 1974-09-11

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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The Bob Cummings Show

as Margaret MacDonald
First aired: 1955-01-02

The Bob Cummings Show is an American sitcom starring Robert "Bob" Cummings which was produced...

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B. J. and the Bear

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-02-10

B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by...

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87th Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Ensign O'Toole

as Leona
First aired: 1962-09-23

Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963,...

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Breaking Point

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-16

Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April...

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The Life of Riley

as Peg Riley
First aired: 1949-10-04

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully...

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Blind Ambition

as Maureen Dean's Mother
First aired: 1979-05-20

The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Anna Baetz
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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We've Got Each Other

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-10-01

We've Got Each Other is an American sitcom that aired from October 1, 1977 until January 7, 1978.

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General Electric Theater

as Maxine
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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