Rosemary Forsyth
American actress
Rosemary Forsyth
Forsyth in 1966
Born (1943-07-06 ) July 6, 1943 (age 81) Citizenship Occupation Actress Years active 1963–2008 Known for Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives Spouse(s) Michael Tolan (1966–1975) Ron Waranch (1972–1975) Alan Skip Horwits (1980–1983) Robert Yuro (1983–2020, his death)Children 1
Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943)[ 1] [ 2] is a Canadian-born American actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1965 Western film Shenandoah , for which she received Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year – Actress . Forsyth later starred in films The War Lord (1965), Texas Across the River (1966), Where It's At (1969), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969), Some Kind of a Nut (1969), How Do I Love Thee? (1970), Black Eye (1974) and Gray Lady Down (1978).
Forsyth mostly acted in a made-for-television movies and series during the 1970s and 1980s. From 1976 to 1980, she played Laura Horton on the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives . She went on to originate the role of Sophia Wayne Capwell in the another soap opera, Santa Barbara in 1984. She later returned to film, playing supporting roles in Disclosure (1994), Daylight (1996), Valerie Flake (1999) and Ghosts of Mars (2001).
Early years
Forsyth was born in Montreal, Quebec.[ 3] Her father, David Forsyth,[ 4] was Scots-Canadian; her mother was an Irish American[ 5] who worked as a model in New York using her maiden name, Rosemary Collins.[ 4] Her parents separated when she was an infant, and at five years of age she and her mother moved to New York. She studied drama in high school and college and became a model as a teenager.[ 3] Educated in Stockbridge, Massachusetts ,[ 6] she added to her acting studies by attending the Wynn Handman Drama School in New York.[ 3] Before she became a model, she worked as a file clerk and a counselor at a camp.[ 6]
Career
Forsyth made her screen debut in 1963 on the television series Route 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start from Here" and also that year had a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera, The Doctors . In 1964 she guest starred on the crime drama series, Mr. Broadway . A caption under Forsyth's picture in 1964 Life magazine reported, "Rosemary ... was plucked out of a magazine by Universal, then sent to New York for 18 months to act in TV, summer stock, anywhere she could find seasoning jobs."[ 7] Forsyth made her big screen debut in 1965 in the Western film Shenandoah from Universal Pictures as James Stewart 's daughter.[ 8] In 1966, Forsyth was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year-Actress for her work in Shenandoah .[ 9] Later that year, Forsyth starred in the epic historical film The War Lord with Charlton Heston , playing the female lead.[ 10]
Forsyth with Robert Drivas in Where It's At (1969)
In 1966, Forsyth played the female lead in the western comedy film Texas Across the River with Dean Martin and Alain Delon .[ 11] Marrying actor Michael Tolan in 1966, Forsyth took an acting break to raise their daughter.[ 12] She returned to cinema in 1969, starring alongside David Janssen in the drama Where It's At for United Artists ,[ 13] neo-noir thriller What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? opposite Geraldine Page ,[ 14] and the comedy Some Kind of a Nut alongside Dick Van Dyke and Angie Dickinson .[ 15] In 1970, Forsyth starred in the box-office bomb comedy-drama film, How Do I Love Thee? .[ 16] Later that year she starred alongside Glenn Ford in the made-for-television drama film, The Brotherhood of the Bell .[ 17] The following year she starred in the science fiction film and television pilot City Beneath the Sea , and the spy film The Death of Me Yet .[ 18] On the big screen, Forsyth made an uncredited cameo appearance in the 1973 Western comedy One Little Indian , starred opposite Fred Williamson in the neo-noir action film Black Eye (1974), and with Heston again in the disaster film Gray Lady Down (1978).[ 19]
During the 1970s, Forsyth mostly acted on television. She starred in a pilot for the television series Is There a Doctor in the House? , about a young city doctor who moves to the country to work with a crusty older doctor played by William Windom ,[ 20] : 512 but the series was not picked up by the networks. She was featured in the 1971 Columbo television series episode titled "Murder by the Book", directed by Steven Spielberg . She made appearances on Night Gallery , Kung Fu , Mannix , Barnaby Jones , Petrocelli , Charlie's Angels and CHiPs . From August 24, 1976 to March 25, 1980, Forsyth played Laura Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives , becoming the fourth actress to play the part.[ 21] After leaving that soap, Forsyth guest-starred on The Incredible Hulk , WKRP in Cincinnati , T. J. Hooker , Fantasy Island and Magnum, P.I. . In 1984, she was cast as Sophia Wayne Capwell on the new NBC daytime soap opera, Santa Barbara . Forsyth left the series after 40 episodes on October 26 1984.[ 22] The following year she had a recurring role as Ann McFadden in the CBS prime time soap opera, Dallas .[ 20] In 1986 she appeared in the made-for-television action film The Gladiator . Since then, Forsyth appeared in made-for-television movies and series, notable having guest shots on Murder, She Wrote , JAG , Star Trek: Voyager , Chicago Hope , Dharma & Greg , ER and Ally McBeal .
Forsyth in 1965
In 1994, after a 16 year absence, Forsyth made her return to the big screen, playing mature supporting roles in the comedy film Exit to Eden based on Anne Rice 's novel of the same name , and the thriller film Disclosure starring Michael Douglas based on a novel by Michael Crichton .[ 23] She played a psychologist in the 1995 drama film Melissa and played the head of a New York engineering company in the disaster film Daylight (1996). She played mother roles in the films Girl (1998) and Valerie Flake (1999).[ 24] In 2001, Forsyth made her final big screen appearance in the space Western horror film, Ghosts of Mars .[ 25] Since then she made appearances on Boston Public , Monk , NYPD Blue and Without a Trace , as well made-for-television films A Time to Remember (2003) and Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008).[ 23] In 2003, Forsyth was elected to the Screen Actors Guild 's Hollywood Division Board.[ 26]
Personal life
Forsyth was married to actor Michael Tolan .[ 27] In 1972, she married Ron Waranch.[ 28] In 1980, she married Alan Skip Horwits.[ 29] In 1983 she married actor Robert Yuro (she appeared opposite him in an episode of Mannix ) and lived with him until his death in 2020.[ 30]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1963
The Doctors
Susan Dean
Season 2 (recurring, 5 episodes)
1963
Route 66
Claire Leventhal
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1964
Mr. Broadway
Pearl
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1968
It Takes a Thief
Miss Harris
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Vivian Masters Patterson
TV movie
1970
The Immortal
Dr. Anne Koster
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1971
The Name of the Game
Jean Ulster
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1971
City Beneath the Sea
Lia Holmes
TV movie
1971
Is There a Doctor in the House
Dr. Michael Griffin
TV movie
1971
Columbo
Joanna Ferris
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1971
Mannix
Leslie Fielding
Season 5 (guest, 1 episode)
1971
The Death of Me Yet
Sybil Towers
TV movie
1972
Longstreet
Hannah Aalborg
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1972
Night Gallery
Barbara Bennett
Season 2 (guest, 1 episode)
1972
Cade's County
Gail Hyland
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1972
Assignment Vienna
Annalisa
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1974
Mannix
Liz Farrell
Season 7 (guest, 1 episode)
1974
Petrocelli
Nancy Holbrook
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1974
Kung Fu
Ellie Crowell
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1975
My Father's House
Judith Lindholm
TV movie
1975
Barbary Coast
Laurelee Bell
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1975
Barnaby Jones
Ruth Hanley
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1975
Joe Forrester
(unknown role)
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1975
Petrocelli
Lauren
Season 2 (guest, 1 episode)
1976
Charlie's Angels
Michelle St. Clair
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1976–80
Days of Our Lives
Laura Horton
Soap opera (regular, 355 episodes)
1979
Vega$
Elizabeth
Season 2 (guest, 1 episode)
1979
CHiPs
Joan Manette
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1980
Fantasy Island
Dr. Melanie Elizabeth Griffin
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1974
Mannix
Carol Britton
Season 8 Episode Picture of a Shadow(guest, 1 episode)
1980
The Incredible Hulk
Ellen
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1981
ABC Afterschool Special
Jean Gilbert
Season 9 (guest, 1 episode)
1981
Fantasy Island
Margo Glenn
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1981
WKRP in Cincinnati
Joyce Armor
Season 4 (guest, 2 episodes)
1983
T.J. Hooker
Irene King
Season 2 (guest, 1 episode)
1983
Fantasy Island
Lily Burton
Season 6 (guest, 1 episode)
1983
Magnum, P.I.
Margaret Chase
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1983
Simon & Simon
Lisa Bannon
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1984
Call to Glory
Elaine Farrell
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1984
Santa Barbara
Sophia Wayne Capwell
Soap opera (regular, 40 episodes)
1984
Remington Steele
Marjorie Flowers
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
1985
Dallas
Ann McFadden
Season 8 (guest, 3 episodes)
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Andrea Jeffreys Reed
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1985
Finder of Lost Loves
Mrs. Bennetts
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1985
Simon & Simon
Ellen Lottick
Season 5 (guest, 1 episode)
1986
The Gladiator
Loretta Simpson
TV movie
1987
Hunter
Dr. Paxton
Season 4 (guest, 3 episodes)
1988
Addicted to His Love
Lady in Dress Shop
TV movie
1988
A Friendship in Vienna
Inge's and Lise's Main Teacher
TV movie
1989
Mr. Belvedere
Ilsa Shoemaker
Season 5 (guest, 1 episode)
1989
Nashville Beat
Kate O'Neal
TV movie
1990
Mr. Belvedere
Louise Marie Gilbert
Season 6 (guest, 2 episode)
1991
Murder, She Wrote
Estelle Freelander
Season 8 (guest, 1 episode)
1992
General Hospital
Dr. James
Soap opera (guest, 3 episodes)
1993
A Case for Murder
Judge Helen McCoy
TV movie
1995
Abandoned and Deceived
Judge
TV movie
1995
The Other Woman
Dr. Angela Crane
TV movie
1996
JAG
Senator Grace Marion
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1997–2000
Chicago Hope
Dr. Edith Strauss
Season 3, 6 (guest, 2 episodes)
1997
Orleans
Luther's Ex-wife
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1997
Star Trek: Voyager
Alzen
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1997–98
Dharma & Greg
Merrill
Season 1–2 (guest, 2 episodes)
1998
L.A. Doctors
Phyllis Bergold
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1998
Nothing Sacred
Sister Mary Germaine
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
2000
Chicken Soup for the Soul
(unknown role)
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
2000–01
Ally McBeal
Judge Martha Graves
Season 3–4 (guest, 2 episodes)
2000
ER
Judy
Season 7 (guest, 1 episode)
2002
Without a Trace
Nancy Highsmith
Season 1 (guest, 1 episode)
2002
Providence
Elaine
Season 5 (guest, 1 episode)
2002
Boston Public
Judge Toft
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
2003
A Time to Remember
Dorothy Walderson
TV movie
2004
Monk
Marcia Ellison
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
2005
NYPD Blue
Felicia Heilbrenner
Season 12 (guest, 1 episode)
2005
Without a Trace
Martha Scoggins
Season 3 (guest, 1 episode)
2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Louise Miller
TV movie
Awards and nominations
References
^ Brett, Pauly (July 24, 1995). "TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT REUNITES WITH LIFE-SAVING S.F. OFFICER". Los Angeles Daily News . p. N1. ProQuest 281562155 . 'She's there if you ever have a problem. She's there to listen,' said actress Rosemary Forsyth, another friend. [...] 'Right after the surgery, she said to me, "I don't think I'll be able to take you out for your birthday (on July 6),"' Forsyth said. 'That's beautiful.'
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