Mariclare Costello

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Mariclare Costello
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Costello in 1977.
Born
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2002
Spouse
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(m. 1977;died 2013)​
Children1

Mariclare Costello is a retired American television, stage, and movie actress. She is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. [1] Costello's most notable role was that of Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on the television series The Waltons, from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, after her role on The Waltons, she played matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on the short-lived drama show The Fitzpatricks.

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Costello portrayed a hippie-vampire in the 1971 cult horror film Let's Scare Jessica to Death. [2]

Personal life

She was married to actor Allan Arbus until his death in 2013. The couple had one child. [3]

After her acting career, she was an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967 The Tiger Makes Out Rosi
1969 N.Y.P.D. Eloise HendrixS2.E16 - "The Attacker"
1970 Pound Honky Killer's Wife
1970 Storefront Lawyers Nancy CollinsS1.E3 - "Murph Collins vs. Tomorrow"
1971 Let's Scare Jessica to Death Emily/Abigail
1972 Ironside Mary Ellen WellsS6.E2 - "The Savage Sentry"
1972-77 The Waltons Rosemary Hunter/Fordwick15 episodes
1974 Kojak Diane GordonS1.E13 - "Death Is Not a Passing Grade"
1974 After the Fall LouiseTV film based on Arthur Miller's play by the same name
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Private Slovik's wife Antoinette NBC TV film
1974 The Gun Beryl Strauss ABC Movie of the Week
1975 Barnaby Jones Ruth GrangerS3.E21 - "The Deadlier Species"
1975 Harry O Emily WestonS1.E15 - "For the Love of Money"
1977 This Is the Life AnnEpisode: "Stranger at the Door"
1977 Raid on Entebbe Gabrielle Krieger
1977-78 The Fitzpatricks Maggie Fitzpatrick13 episodes - regular cast
1979 The Incredible Hulk Kay WallaceS2.E18 - "No Escape"
1979-81 Lou Grant Maxine Kintner/Louise Larsen2 episodes
1980 Ordinary People Audrey Butler
1981 Ragtime Emma Goldman (workprint edit only)
1981Coward of the CountyEmmaTelevision Movie
1982 Hart to Hart Anita BoyerS3.E18 - "Deep in the Hart of Dixieland"
1982 Fame Mrs. MendenhallS3.E9 - "Secrets"
1983 Nightmares Adele Cooney(segment "The Bishop of Battle")
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Senator Cunningham
1984 Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story Jane BladowNBC TV film
1985 Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story Ellen Mancini CBS TV film
1986 Murder, She Wrote Cassie Latham BurnsS2.E15 - "Powder Keg"
1990 In the Heat of the Night DarleneS3.E14 - "December Days"
1990 Santa Barbara Sister Lillian2 episodes
1993 Indecent Proposal David's Mother
1997 High Tide S3.E21 - "Ghost Story"
1998 Chicago Hope Mother Mary CatherineS4.E13 - "Memento Mori"
1999 Judging Amy Dr. SingerS1.E7 - "An Impartial Bias"
2002 Providence Helen NorrisS4.E21 - "Smoke and Mirrors"
2011 Assisted Loving (video short)Pearl

References

  1. ↑ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio . New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p.  278. ISBN   0-02-542650-8.
  2. ↑ Greenspun, Roger (August 28, 1971). "Let s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Screen: Hippie Vampire: 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death' Arrives". The New York Times .
  3. ↑ "Costello and Arbus attend opening of "12 Angry Men"" . Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Cfa.lmu.edu". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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