Rosemary De Angelis

Rosemary De Angelis was an actress in stage, film, and television. A Brooklyn native, she began her screen work at 41 with a part in Columbia Pictures' For Pete's Sake in 1974. That same year brought roles in The Last Detail and the PBS special Monkey, Monkey. In 1977 she played the Mother in The Transformation of Benno Blimpie at the Astor Place Theatre, earning a Drama Desk Award. On television she was Mrs. D'Amato on NBC's The Doctors and Jean Blake on Another World, with guest spots on The Equalizer and Law & Order. Onstage she took a leading role in The Nest of the Woodgrouse, staged by the New York Shakespeare Festival and also seen at the Kennedy Center, and was Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure, performed at the Delacorte Theatre. Later films included Household Saints, Angie (1994), and The Juror, plus the miniseries The Last Don II and an episode of Blue Bloods.