Rosemary Forsyth

Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943) is a Canadian-born American actress and model most notable for her role as Bronwyn opposite Charlton Heston in The War Lord in 1965.

Life and career

Forsyth was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She made her acting debut in 1963 on the TV series Route 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start From Here". She made her film debut in 1965 in Shenandoah from Universal Pictures as James Stewart's daughter.^[1] After that, she starred in The War Lord with Charlton Heston, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and the western comedy Texas Across the River opposite Dean Martin.

Forsyth's other notable film credits include What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, Some Kind of a Nut, How Do I Love Thee?, The Brotherhood of the Bell, City Beneath the Sea, Black Eye and the disaster film Gray Lady Down.

By 1971, she started showing up in television frequently. She starred in a pilot for a 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, but the series was not picked up. From the mid-1970s and on, she worked primarily in television.^[1] She was featured in the Columbo television series episode "Murder by the Book," directed by Steven Spielberg.

Forsyth portrayed Sophia Wayne Capwell on Santa Barbara (1984). She played the fourth Laura Spencer Horton on Days of Our Lives, from 1976–1980, and appeared as Ann McFadden on Dallas (1985). She guest-starred on such television shows as Fantasy Island, Magnum, P.I., Remington Steele, JAG, Star Trek: Voyager, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope and ER, as well as appearing in the films The Gladiator (1986), A Case for Murder (1993), Exit to Eden, Disclosure (1994), Daylight (1996) and Girl (1998).

Selected Filmography

• Shenandoah (1965) as Jennie Anderson
• The War Lord (1965) as Bronwyn
• Texas Across the River (1966) as Phoebe
• It Takes a Thief (in episode "When Good Friends Get Together", 1968) as Miss Harris
• Where It's At (1969) as Diana Mayhew Smith
• What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) as Harriet Vaughn
• Some Kind of a Nut (1969) as Pamela Anders
• How Do I Love Thee? (1970) as Marion Waltz
• The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) as Vivian Masters Patterson
• City Beneath the Sea (1971) as Lia Holmes
• Is There a Doctor in the House (1971) as Dr. Michael Griffin
• The Death of Me Yet (1971) as Sybil Towers
• Night Gallery (in segment "Deliveries in the Rear", 1972) (Season 2, Ep 53) as Barbara Bennet
• Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971) (directed by Steven Spielberg)
• One Little Indian (1973) (cameo)
• Black Eye (1974) as Miss Francis
• Kung Fu (1974) as Ellie Crowell in the episode 'A Small Beheading' (Season 3, Episode 42)
• My Father's House (1975) as Judith Lindholm
• Days of Our Lives (1965) as Laura Spencer Horton (unknown episodes, 1976-1980)
• Gray Lady Down (1978) as Vickie
• Fantasy Island as Dr. Melanie Elisabeth Griffin (3 episodes, 1980-1983)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1981) as Joyce Armor
• Magnum, P.I. (in episode "Legacy from a Friend", 1983) as Margaret Chase
• Santa Barbara as Sophia Wayne Capwell (40 episodes, 1984)
• Remington Steele as Marjorie Flowers (1 episode, 1984)
• Murder, She Wrote as Andrea Reed (in episode "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean", 1985)
• Dallas as Ann McFadden (3 episodes, 1985)
• Mr. Belvedere as Ilsa Hufnagel (1 episode) and Louise (2 episodes—2 part finale 1990)
• The Gladiator (1986) as Loretta Simpson
• A Case for Murder (1993) as Judge Helen McCoy
• Exit to Eden (1994) as Mrs. Brady
• Disclosure (1994) as Stephanie Kaplan
• Melissa (1995) as Dr. Gardner
• The Other Women (1995) as Dr. Angela Crane
• Daylight (1996) as Ms. London
• JAG as Senator Grace Marion (1 episode, 1996)
• Star Trek: Voyager as Alzen (1 episode, 1997)
• Dharma & Greg as Merrill (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
• Girl (1998) as Mom
• Valerie Flake (1999) as Irene Flake
• Chicago Hope as Dr. Edith Strauss (2 episodes, 1997-2000)
• ER as Judy (1 episode, 2000)
• Ghosts of Mars (2001) as Inquisitor
• Ally McBeal as Judge Martha Graves (2 episodes, 2000-2001)]
• Providence as Elaine (1 episode, 2002)
• A Time to Remember (2003) as Dorothy Walderson
• Monk as Marcia Ellison (1 episode, 2004)
• NYPD Blue as Felicia Heilbrenner (1 episode, 2005)
• Without a Trace as Martha Scoggins (2 episodes, 2002-2005)
• Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008) as Louise MIller

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosemary Forsyth.

• Rosemary Forsyth at the Internet Movie Database