Rosemary Murphy (January 13, 1925 – July 5, 2014) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She was nominated for three Tony Awards for her stage work, as well as two Emmy Awards for television work, winning once, for her performance in Eleanor and Franklin (1976).
Began her acting career in summer stock in Olney, Maryland.
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Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award three times: twice as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), in 1961 for "Period of Adjustment" and in 1965 for "Any Wednesday," and once as Best Actress (Dramatic), in 1967 for Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Delicate Balance." The latter performance also earned her the Variety Critics Poll Award as Best Actress.
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The daughter of a U.S. diplomat stationed in Germany, Rosemary Murphy did not come to the U.S. until 1939.
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Attended Manhattanville College and Sanford Meisner's acting school.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Romantics
2010
Grandmother Hayes
After.Life
2009
Mrs. Whitehall
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Frances
The Savages
2007
Doris Metzger
Dust
2001/I
Angela
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
TV Movie
Bea Einhorn
Frasier
1997-1999
TV Series
Carol Larkin
Message in a Bottle
1999
Helen at the B&B
The Visitor
1998
TV Series
Tour Guide
Cracker: Mind Over Murder
1997
TV Series
Victoria
EZ Streets
1996-1997
TV Series
Quinn's Mother / Quinn's Ma
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Adoption Coordinator
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
TV Movie
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Cosby Mysteries
1995
TV Series
Brenda Trelane
Don't Drink the Water
1994
TV Movie
Miss Pritchard
In the Heat of the Night
1993
TV Series
Joanna Allenby
And the Band Played On
1993
TV Movie
Blood Bank Executive
Johnny Bago
1993
TV Series
Blossom
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Bing
Bodies of Evidence
1993
TV Series
Pat Murphy
Bob
1993
TV Series
Mrs. O'Reilly
Twenty Bucks
1993
Aunt Dotty
Civil Wars
1992
TV Series
Judge Carla White
For the Boys
1991
Luanna Trott
Law & Order
1991
TV Series
Mrs. Catherine Messimer
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
TV Mini-Series
Rose Kennedy
As the World Turns
1989
TV Series
Greta Aldrin
September
1987
Mrs. Mason
Murder, She Wrote
1987
TV Series
Sybil Constable
Kate & Allie
1984
TV Series
Allie's Mother
George Washington
1984
TV Mini-Series
Mary Ball Washington
ABC Afterschool Specials
1983
TV Series
Gladys
Quincy M.E.
1982-1983
TV Series
Harriet / Dr. Diana Green
Trapper John, M.D.
1982
TV Series
Vanessa Downing
Magnum, P.I.
1982
TV Series
Marion Danforth
The Hand
1981
Karen Wagner
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981
TV Movie
Jane Barlow
The Attic
1980
Mrs. Perkins
Before and After
1979
TV Movie
Helen, Carole's Mother
Julia
1977
Dottie
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
TV Movie
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Most Wanted
1976
TV Series
Inga
Movin' On
1976
TV Series
Lois Hunt
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
TV Series
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Lucas Tanner
1974-1975
TV Series
Margaret Blumenthal
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
TV Movie
Margaret Devize
Columbo
1974
TV Series
Margaret Halperin
The Streets of San Francisco
1974
TV Series
Etta Morris Randolph
A Case of Rape
1974
TV Movie
Muriel Dyer
Medical Center
1974
TV Series
Dr. Iris Cameron
40 Carats
1973
Mrs. Latham
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
Hannah
The Young and the Restless
1973
TV Series
Lydia Summers #2 (1998)
Maude
1973
TV Series
Jane
Walking Tall
1973
Callie Hacker
Cannon
1972
TV Series
Nurse Marsh
You'll Like My Mother
1972
Mrs. Kinsolving
Banyon
1972
TV Series
Hildy Koster
Ben
1972
Beth Garrison
Invitation to a March
1972
TV Movie
A Fan's Notes
1972
Moms
All My Children
1970
TV Series
Maureen Dalton Teller #1 (1977)
CBS Playhouse
1969
TV Series
A Case of Libel
1968
TV Movie
Claire
Run for Your Life
1966
TV Series
Mary Herrick
Any Wednesday
1966
Dorothy Cleves
The Fugitive
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Turney
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Beth Styx
The Defenders
1965
TV Series
Dr. Edith Thurston
Another World
1964
TV Series
Loretta Fowler (1988)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Maudie Atkinson
Ben Casey
1962
TV Series
Nancy Ross Briggs
The Doctors and the Nurses
1962
TV Series
Fay Loomis
The Virginian
1962
TV Series
Pearl Dodd Krause
Wide Country
1962
TV Series
Sabina
Naked City
1962
TV Series
Lillian
Thriller
1962
TV Series
Lavinia Sills / Alice Quimby
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1961
TV Series
Claire Draper
The Young Doctors
1961
Miss Graves
'Way Out
1961
TV Series
Bernice Lydecker
One Step Beyond
1960
TV Series
Ellie Pelston
That Night!
1957
Nurse 'Chorny' Chornis
Robert Montgomery Presents
1951-1956
TV Series
Nurse Chorness / Miss Milford
The Secret Storm
1954
TV Series
Nola Hollister #2 (1969-1970)
Lux Video Theatre
1951-1953
TV Series
Oakland Operator / Woman Number Three
Der Ruf
1949
Mary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Irv Kupcinet Show
1976
TV Series
Herself
The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1976
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1976
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special
Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1977
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)