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Rosemary Forsyth
Forsyth in 1966
Born (1943-07-06) July 6, 1943 (age 81)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2008
Known forLaura 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)
Children1

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 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

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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

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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] She has since appearanced 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

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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, with whom she appeared in an episode of Mannix, and lived with him until his death in 2020.[30]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 Shenandoah Jennie Anderson
1965 The War Lord Bronwyn
1966 Texas Across the River Phoebe Ann Naylor
1969 Where It's At Diana
1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Harriet Vaughan
1969 Some Kind of a Nut Pamela Anders
1970 How Do I Love Thee? Marion Waltz
1973 One Little Indian Cameo Uncredited
1974 Black Eye Miss Francis
1978 Gray Lady Down Vickie Blanchard
1994 Exit to Eden Mrs. Brady
1994 Disclosure Stephanie Kaplan
1995 Secret Sins Dr. Gardner
1996 Daylight Ms. London
1998 Girl Mom
1999 Valerie Flake Irene Flake
2001 Ghosts of Mars Inquisitor

Television

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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

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Year Award Category Nominated
work 		Result Ref.
1966 Golden Globe Awards Most Promising Newcomer – Actress Shenandoah Nominated [31]
Laurel Awards New Faces – Female 2nd place [32]
Photoplay Awards Most Promising New Star (Female) Nominated [citation needed]
1972 Favorite Female Star How Do I Love Thee? Nominated [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ 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.'
  2. ^ "Actress Wants Real He-Men". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane. Associated Press. November 1, 1964. p. 14F. Retrieved November 2, 2024. I'm only 21, but all the men I meet want me to mother them.
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  7. ^ "End of the Great Girl Drought: Rosemary Forsyth". Life. October 2, 1964. p. 139. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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  11. ^ "Texas Across the River". Rotten Tomatoes. November 30, 2016.
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