Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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) is an American
actress
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of
stage
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* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
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and
screen
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, best known for her award-winning performance as Lucy van Pelt in the 1967
Off-Broadway
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production of
Clark Gesner
Clark Gesner (March 27, 1938 – July 23, 2002)Clark Gesner at the
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...
''.
Career
Stage
As a stage performer, Rose starred alongside
Gary Burghoff
Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in ...
and
Bob Balaban
Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared.
Balab ...
in ''
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...
s original 1967
Off-Broadway
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Theatre World
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Theatre World
"In 1944, three ...
and
Clarence Derwent Award The Clarence Derwent Awards are theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association on Broadway in the United States and by Equity, the performers' union, in the West End in the United Kingdom.
Clarence Derwent (23 March 1884 – 6 Aug ...
s for this role. Rose also appeared in the 1959
farce
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''
Look After Lulu!
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'', coincidentally playing the role of Rose. In 2002, she played Tessie Greenglass in ''Worse Than Murder'', a play by Lou Shaw at the Ventura Court Theater in
California
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.
Television and film
After appearing on the ''
Mister Ed
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'' TV series in 1961, Rose has guest-starred on many television shows, including ''
Pete and Gladys
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'', ''
That Girl
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'', ''
Emergency!
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'', ''
Gomer Pyle
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A naïve and gentle auto mechanic, he became a character in the January 1963 episode, ''Man in a Hurry''. ...
'' as Sgt Carter's sister in the episode "My Fair Sister", ''
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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'', ''
The Partridge Family
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Mannix
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'', ''
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
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'' (as coach's wife Blanche Fedders) and '' To Rome with Love''. She also had a regular role in ''
Temperatures Rising
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'' as Nurse Mildred MacInerny and as Mrs. Johnson in ''
Sanford and Son
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s episode "Earthquake II". Rose has also appeared in such films as ''
Three in the Attic
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'', ''
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
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,
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
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'', and ''
House Calls
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''. More recently, she was in the 2003 film ''
Exorcism
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'', and on an episode of the TV series '' Rodney'' in 2006.