Rosemary Murphy ( eng. Rosemary Murphy , January 13, 1925 - July 5, 2014 ) is an American theater, film and television actress.
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| Date of Birth | January 13, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Munich , Weimar Republic |
| Date of death | July 5, 2014 (89 years old) |
| Place of death | New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1949 - 2010 |
| Awards | Emmy ( 1976 ) |
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Biography
Born in Munich , Germany , in the family of American diplomats Mildred (née Taylor) and Robert D. Murphy [1] . In 1939 , at the beginning of World War II , they left Germany and moved to Paris , and later to the USA .
Studied at Manhattanville College, and also attended Neighborhood Playhouse and Actor's Studio before starting her theater career. In 1950, she made her Broadway debut and, in her theater career, took part in 15 Broadway productions, the last of which was shown in 1999 .
She also starred in films and worked on television. She is best known for her role as Eleanor Roosevelt in the mini-series Eleanor and Franklin ( 1976 ), for which she received an Emmy Award. Rosemary also starred in the films “ To Kill a Mockingbird ” ( 1962 ), where she played Modi Atkinson and “ Walking Wide ” ( 1973 ), where her character was a prostitute Kelly Hacker.
She died on July 5, 2014 at the age of 89 from cancer of the esophagus [2] .
Selected Filmography
- The Call ( 1949 ) - Mary
- That night ( 1957 ) - nanny Chernis
- Young Doctors ( 1961 ) - Miss Graves
- To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) - Modi Atkinson
- Every Wednesday ( 1966 ) - Dorothy Cleves
- The libel case (TV) ( 1968 ) - Claire
- You Will Love My Mother ( 1972 ) - Mrs. Kinsolving
- Fan Notes ( 1972 ) - Mother
- Ben ( 1972 ) - Beth Harrison
- Walking Wide ( 1973 ) - Callie Hacker
- Heavenly Aces Eli and Ruger ( 1973 ) - Hannah
- 40 carats ( 1973 ) - Mrs. Latham
- Colombo: A True Friend ( 1974 ) (TV) - Margaret Halperin
- The Rape Case ( 1974 ) (TV) - Muriel Dyer
- Eleanor and Franklin ( 1976 ) (TV) - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor and Franklin: Years at the White House ( 1977 ) (TV) - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Julia ( 1977 ) - Dorothy Parker
- Before and After ( 1979 ) (TV) - Carol's mother
- Attic ( 1980 ) - Mrs. Perkins
- The Hand ( 1981 ) - Karen Wagner
- George Washington ( 1984 ) - Mary Ball Washington
- September ( 1987 ) - Mrs. Mason
- For Guys ( 1991 ) - Luanna Trott
- A Woman Named Jackie ( 1991 ) (TV) - Rose Kennedy
- Twenty Bucks ( 1993 ) - Aunt Dottie
- Lingering Music ( 1993 ) - Head of Blood and Plasma Bank
- Don't Drink Water ( 1994 ) (TV) - Miss Pritchard
- Great Aphrodite ( 1995 ) - coordinator
- Pilots from Taskigee ( 1995 ) - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Message in a Bottle ( 1999 ) - Helen
- The Hunt for the Killer Unicorn ( 1999 ) (TV) - Beah Einhorn
- Ashes ( 2001 ) - Angela
- Savages ( 2007 ) - Doris Metzger
- New York, New York ( 2008 ) - Francis
- Life Beyond ( 2009 ) - Ms. Whitehall
- Romantics ( 2010 ) - Grandma Hayes
Notes
Links
- Rosemary Murphy on the Internet Movie Database
- Rosemary Murphy on the Internet Broadway Database
- Filmography and biography for the New York Times