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.
Known For Acting
Popularity 15.282
Birthday 1910-11-14
Place of Birth Prescott, Arizona, USA
Also Known As Rosemary Shirley DeCamp,
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Saturday the 14th
1981

Saturday the 14th

Scandal Sheet
1952

Scandal Sheet

Nora Prentiss
1947

Nora Prentiss

On Moonlight Bay
1951

On Moonlight Bay

13 Ghosts
1960

13 Ghosts

Danger Signal
1945

Danger Signal

Rhapsody in Blue
1945

Rhapsody in Blue

This Is the Army
1943

This Is the Army

The Story of Seabiscuit
1949

The Story of Seabiscuit

Strategic Air Command
1955

Strategic Air Command

By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Hold Back the Dawn
1941

Hold Back the Dawn

Many Rivers to Cross
1955

Many Rivers to Cross

Pride of the Marines
1945

Pride of the Marines

The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952

The Treasure of Lost Canyon

Eyes in the Night
1942

Eyes in the Night

Look for the Silver Lining
1949

Look for the Silver Lining

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

Night Unto Night
1949

Night Unto Night

Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960

Tom, Dick and Harriet

From This Day Forward
1946

From This Day Forward

The Merry Monahans
1944

The Merry Monahans

The Big Hangover
1950

The Big Hangover

The Life of Riley
1949

The Life of Riley

So This Is Love
1953

So This Is Love

Jungle Book
1942

Jungle Book

Practically Yours
1944

Practically Yours

City Without Men
1943

City Without Men

Night Into Morning
1951

Night Into Morning

Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Smith of Minnesota
1942

Smith of Minnesota

Main Street to Broadway
1953

Main Street to Broadway

Too Young to Know
1945

Too Young to Know

The Time Machine
1978

The Time Machine

Bowery to Broadway
1944

Bowery to Broadway

Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Blood on the Sun
1945

Blood on the Sun

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

Man On A Bus
1955

Man On A Bus

The Wayward Pups
1937

The Wayward Pups

B. J. and the Bear
1979

B. J. and the Bear

The Love Boat
1977

The Love Boat

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Mannix
1967

Mannix

Petticoat Junction
1963

Petticoat Junction

Studio One
1948

Studio One

Night Gallery
1970

Night Gallery

General Electric Theater
1953

General Electric Theater

Police Story
1973

Police Story

Rawhide
1959

Rawhide

The Life of Riley
1949

The Life of Riley

St. Elsewhere
1982

St. Elsewhere

Burke's Law
1963

Burke's Law

That Girl
1966

That Girl

Simon & Simon
1981

Simon & Simon

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Quincy, M.E.

Hotel
1982

Hotel

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

87th Precinct
1961

87th Precinct

This Is Your Life
1952

This Is Your Life

Climax!
1954

Climax!

The Baileys of Balboa
1964

The Baileys of Balboa

Breaking Point
1963

Breaking Point

Dr. Kildare
1961

Dr. Kildare

We've Got Each Other
1977

We've Got Each Other

The Bob Cummings Show
1955

The Bob Cummings Show

The Rockford Files
1974

The Rockford Files

Love, American Style
1969

Love, American Style

Rawhide
1959

Rawhide

Studio One
1948

Studio One

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The Ford Television Theatre

Blind Ambition
1979

Blind Ambition

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The Ford Television Theatre

The Red Skelton Show
1951

The Red Skelton Show

Hazel
1961

Hazel

Ensign O'Toole
1962

Ensign O'Toole

Petticoat Junction
1963

Petticoat Junction

77 Sunset Strip
1958

77 Sunset Strip

Petrocelli
1974

Petrocelli

Love, American Style
1969

Love, American Style