Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1910-11-14
Deathday: 2001-02-20 (90 years old)

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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 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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Filmography

all 79

Movies 43

TV Shows 36

self 2

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere (1982)

TV
Hotel

Hotel (1982)

TV
6.35
Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon (1981)

TV
6
Aunt Lucille
Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th (1981)

Movie
10
Buck's Mother
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

TV
6
Maureen Dean's Mother
Blind Ambition

Blind Ambition (1979)

TV
B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear (1979)

TV
4.25
Agnes
The Time Machine

The Time Machine (1978)

Movie
We've Got Each Other

We've Got Each Other (1977)

TV
Cynthia Loudon
The Love Boat

The Love Boat (1977)

TV
6.85
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E. (1976)

TV
5.85
Mary Ramsey
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files (1974)

TV
7
Petrocelli

Petrocelli (1974)

TV
4.5
Police Story

Police Story (1973)

TV
Night Gallery

Night Gallery (1970)

TV
Mrs. Kearn
Love, American Style

Love, American Style (1969)

TV
Mannix

Mannix (1967)

TV
6.38
Helen Marie
That Girl

That Girl (1966)

TV
6
The Baileys of Balboa

The Baileys of Balboa (1964)

TV
Aunt Helen / Emily Mapes
Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction (1963)

TV
6
Mrs. Franklin
Burke's Law

Burke's Law (1963)

TV
6
Breaking Point

Breaking Point (1963)

TV
Priscilla Rolfe Alden Smith-Standish
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

TV
6
Leona
Ensign O'Toole

Ensign O'Toole (1962)

TV
Sybil
Hazel

Hazel (1961)

TV
Angela Faring
Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare (1961)

TV
6
87th Precinct

87th Precinct (1961)

TV
Hilda Zorba
13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts (1960)

Movie
Mother
Tom, Dick and Harriet

Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)

Movie
Margaret Fletcher / Mrs. Armstrong
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
Nurse (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV
Mrs. Thorne
Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (1955)

Movie
Miriam
Man On A Bus

Man On A Bus (1955)

Movie
Lucy Hamilton
Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross (1955)

Movie
Margaret MacDonald / Margaret / Margaret Collins
The Bob Cummings Show

The Bob Cummings Show (1955)

TV
Eleanor Farrington
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Mrs. Harry Craig
Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway (1953)

Movie
Aunt Laura Stokley
So This Is Love

So This Is Love (1953)

Movie
Alice Winfield
By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Movie
Maxine
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Mildred Ledbetter
The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

TV
Self
This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life (1952)

TV
Samuella
The Treasure of Lost Canyon

The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)

Movie
Charlotte Grant
Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet (1952)

Movie
Anna Baetz
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

TV
8.33
Abigail Van Clive
The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show (1951)

TV
Alice Winfield
On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Movie
Mrs. Annie Ainley
Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning (1951)

Movie
Claire Bellcap
The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover (1950)

Movie
Mrs. Charles S. Howard
The Story of Seabiscuit

The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

Movie
Peg Riley / Mom / Peg
The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley (1949)

TV
Mom Miller
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

Movie
Thalia Shawn
Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night (1949)

Movie
Peg Riley
The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley (1949)

Movie
Cora Thompson / Laura Weber
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Lucy Talbot
Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Movie
Nan
Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

Movie
Martha Beesley
From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward (1946)

Movie
Mrs. Enright
Too Young to Know

Too Young to Know (1945)

Movie
Dr. Jane Silla
Danger Signal

Danger Signal (1945)

Movie
Anna
Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Movie
Virginia Pfeiffer
Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines (1945)

Movie
Rose Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Movie
Edith Miller
Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun (1945)

Movie
Ellen Macy
Practically Yours

Practically Yours (1944)

Movie
Bessie Kirby
Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway (1944)

Movie
Lillian DeRoyce
The Merry Monahans

The Merry Monahans (1944)

Movie
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Movie
Ethel Jones
This Is the Army

This Is the Army (1943)

Movie
Mrs. Slade
City Without Men

City Without Men (1943)

Movie
Hilma Arnesen
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

Movie
Vera Hoffman
Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night (1942)

Movie
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Smith of Minnesota

Smith of Minnesota (1942)

Movie
Nellie Cohan
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Movie
Messua
Jungle Book

Jungle Book (1942)

Movie
Berta Kurz
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Movie
Minna Fields
Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Movie
Housewife
The Little Goldfish

The Little Goldfish (1939)

Movie
Housewife
The Wayward Pups

The Wayward Pups (1937)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.25
Based on 180 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1910-11-14

Deathday
2001-02-20 (90 years old)

Birth Place
Prescott, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Rosemary Shirley DeCamp

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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