Rosemary Forsyth
Biography
Rosemary Forsyth, a Canadian-born American actress, began her screen career on television, appearing on Route 66 in 1963 and taking a recurring role on The Doctors that same year. Her film debut came in the Western Shenandoah (1965), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. She followed with leading roles in The War Lord (1965) and Texas Across the River (1966), and later appeared in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) and Gray Lady Down (1978). During the 1970s and 1980s she worked mostly in television, playing Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives from 1976 to 1980 and then originating Sophia Wayne Capwell on Santa Barbara in 1984. She returned to the big screen in supporting parts in Disclosure (1994), Daylight (1996), Girl (1998), and Ghosts of Mars (2001).
83years old
Turns 84 on July 6in 267 days
- Born Montreal
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 36 years1965 to 2001
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Big break
A 1964 Life magazine caption said Universal found Forsyth in a magazine and then sent her to New York, where for 18 months she took acting jobs in TV and summer stock to gain seasoning.
A first
Forsyth was the fourth actress to play Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives, a part she held from August 24, 1976, to March 25, 1980.
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Rosemary Forsyth shares two films with Charlton Heston, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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