Rosemary Prinz

Rosemary Prinz

actress

Rosemary Prinz was born on Jan 04, 1931 in USA. Rosemary Prinz's big-screen debut came with Salvage 1 - Season 2 directed by Ron Satlof in 1979. Rosemary Prinz is known for Salvage 1 directed by Ron Satlof, Andy Griffith stars as Harry Broderick and Joel Higgins as Skip Carmichael. The upcoming new movie Rosemary Prinz plays is Humor Me which will be released on Jan 12, 2018.

As "Penny Hughes" on daytime TV's As the World Turns (1956) from 1956-1968, popular stage and soap actress Rosemary Prinz, the pretty lady with the distinctive mole, was the reigning Susan Lucci of her day. Born on January 4, 1931, in New York City's Bronx borough , her father was a classical musician who was a part of the New York String Quartet and, at one time, played cello for the legendary conductor, Arturo Toscanini. A position somewhere in the arts seemed destined for Rosemary.An extremely gifted child, Rosemary graduated from high school at age 16 and went directly into summer stock, finding her first role in a 1947 production of "Dream Girls" and continuing on with "Dear Ruth" and "Kiss and Tell". She later toured with theater troupes, including The Vagabond Players. Trained for the theatre by Sanford Meisner, she made her New York/Broadway debut as a girl scout in "The Grey-Eyed People" at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1952.In 1954, Rosemary found her popular niche in daytime soap operas. Starring as "Amy" in her first TV soap program entitled First Love (1954), she later copped the role of "Penny Hughes" and the rest is soap opera history. After her run on "As the World Turns", soap creator Agnes Nixon used Rosemary's popularity to launch La force du destin (1970).Although primarily known for her sudsy melodramatics, Rosemary became a formidable theatre performer and dedicated herself strongly to the stage throughout her career. From dinner theatre to Broadway, her singing skills were also well utilized with showy roles in such musicals as "Paint Your Wagon", "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Kiss Me Kate", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Applause", "Mame", "Gypsy" and "I Do! I Do!".A stage highlight was playing played opera diva Maria Callas in four different productions of "Master Class". She has also added stature to such classics as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Glass Menagerie", "A Long Day's Journey Into Night" and the Broadway production of "Tribute", with Jack Lemmon in 1978.Rosemary graced other TV soaps over the course of her long career. They included How to Survive a Marriage (1974) and Ryan's Hope (1975), in addition to revisiting her old alma mater, As the World Turns (1956), from time to time.Later isolated film appearances included the romantic film The Bread, My Sweet (2001), the short Extreme Mom (2004) and the comedy Humor Me (2017).

  • Birthday

    Jan 04, 1931
  • Place of Birth

    The Bronx, New York, USA

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