Rosemary DeCamp facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rosemary DeCamp
DeCamp in Blood on the Sun (1945)
Born	(1910-11-14)November 14, 1910 Prescott, Territory of Arizona, U.S.
Died	February 20, 2001(2001-02-20) (aged 90) Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1937–1989
Spouse(s)	John Ashton Shidler ​ ​ (m. 1941; died 1998)​
Children	4

Rosemary Shirley DeCamp (November 14, 1910 – February 20, 2001) was an American actress. She was famous for her work in radio, movies, and television.

Life and Career Highlights

Early Life and Beginnings

Rosemary Shirley DeCamp was born in Prescott, Arizona, on November 14, 1910. Her parents were William Valentine DeCamp and Margaret Elizabeth Hinman.

Starting in Radio

DeCamp first became well-known in November 1937. She played Judy Price, a secretary and nurse, in the popular radio show Dr. Christian. She also acted in The Career of Alice Blair, another radio show that ran from 1939 to 1940.

Movies and Television Roles

Rosemary DeCamp made her first movie in Cheers for Miss Bishop. She appeared in many films from Warner Bros.. These included Yankee Doodle Dandy, where she played Nellie Cohan alongside James Cagney. In This Is The Army, she played the wife of George Murphy and the mother of Ronald Reagan. She also appeared in Rhapsody in Blue and Nora Prentiss. She played the mother of the character played by Sabu Dastagir in Jungle Book.

DeCamp with Bob Cummings, star of The Bob Cummings Show (1959)

In the early 1950s, she starred in two musical films. She played Alice Winfield, Doris Day's mother, in On Moonlight Bay (1951). She returned for the sequel, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1953).

DeCamp also had many television roles. She played Peg Riley in the first TV version of The Life of Riley in 1949. From 1955 to 1959, she was a regular on the comedy show The Bob Cummings Show. On this show, she played Margaret MacDonald.

She appeared in a 1961 episode of Rawhide. In 1962, she played a character in the NBC sitcom Ensign O'Toole. She also appeared in the medical drama Breaking Point.

DeCamp was featured twice on the show Death Valley Days. In 1965, she played a newspaper editor named Caroline Romney. In 1969, she played Hannah Bailey. During the 1960s, she was also in commercials for a laundry product called 20 Mule Team Borax. This product sponsored Death Valley Days.

From 1966 to 1970, DeCamp had a repeating role on the ABC sitcom That Girl. She played Helen Marie, the mother of Marlo Thomas's character. She also appeared in Petticoat Junction in 1968. She filled in as Aunt Helen, a temporary mother figure for the three daughters.

DeCamp appeared in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. She played Mrs. Priscilla Rolfe Smith-Standish, an expert on old items who became friends with the Clampett family.

From 1970 to 1973, DeCamp made several appearances on The Partridge Family. She played Shirley Partridge's mother. She also played The Fairy Godmother in the 1980s TV show, The Memoirs of a Fairy Godmother.

In 1981, DeCamp played Buck Rogers' mother in flashback scenes for the show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

In 1946, her home in Beverly Hills was damaged. This happened when an experimental plane, the XF-11, crashed nearby. The plane was flown by Howard Hughes. A piece of the plane's wing and part of a neighbor's roof landed in DeCamp's bedroom. She and her husband were sleeping there, but they were not hurt.

Personal Life and Legacy

Rosemary DeCamp was married to John Ashton Shidler, a judge, for 57 years. They were married from 1941 until his death in 1998. They had four daughters: Margaret, Martha, Valerie, and Nita. DeCamp passed away from pneumonia in 2001 at the age of 90. Her ashes were given to her daughter.

DeCamp also wrote a children's book. It was called Here, Duke! The Adventures of an Irish Setter and was published in 1962. After she passed away, a book about her life in movies and TV was published in 2009. It was titled Rosemary De Camp: Tigers in My Lap.

DeCamp was an active member of the Democratic Party in California.

Filmography

Images for kids

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  DeCamp with Bob Cummings, star of The Bob Cummings Show (1959)

See also

In Spanish: Rosemary DeCamp para niños