RIP Rose Marie

[BTExpress]

Career spanned nine decades. A part of one of the greatest TV sitcoms and a semi-regular on Hollywood Squares.

Actress Rose Marie, whose career spanned nine decades, dies at 94

As a kid in the 60s always thought of her when I heard that song by The Flying Machine, "Smile a Little Smile for Me".

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Was a regular on the Mob nightclub circuit of the '40s and '50s. Cheerfully acknowledged they were good to her as a performer.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Aw, man. Great comedienne. Her Sally Rogers on the "**** Van Dyke Show" was a character ahead of its time.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Some fun and informational tweets. Great actress.

Rose Marie-Official (@RoseMarie4Real) | Twitter

 

[Matt1735]

I thought she died 20 years ago.

 

[deepest_background]

Hollywood squares legend

 

[deepest_background]

one of the best obits ever...."My father worked as an arsonist for Al Capone," Marie told People magazine in 2016. "He used to burn down your warehouse if things weren't going the right way, but I didn't know that at the time. I was a child star and to me Al was my 'Uncle Al,' my mother used to cook for all these guys. Years later when I was working Vegas with (casino owner and known mobster) Bugsy Siegel, I cooked for that generation, I guess I knew."

 

[BTExpress]

If your name is Bugsy, what else are you going to be other than a mobster?

 

[jr/shotglass]

An exterminator?

 

[Huggy]

Hollywood squares legend

"Frank, what kind of ****ing tie is that?"

 

[BTExpress]

An exterminator?

Same thing. Kind of.

 

[Buck]

If your name is Bugsy, what else are you going to be other than a mobster?

Wisecracking rabbit?

 

[CD Boogie]

Just when I think I’m really old, along comes a celebrity I’ve never heard of who was before my time. RIP, and thanks for making me feel younger.

 

[Buck]

You've never seen the '**** Van Dyke Show'?

 

[CD Boogie]

You've never seen the '**** Van Dyke Show'?

Nope. My parents hated **** Van Dyke for some reason. All of know of his work is Mary Poppins, and he’s kind of a putz in that, so I never went looking for his other stuff.

 

[qtlaw]

She brought many laughs to this little boy in the 60's and 70's. Thank you Ms. Marie, may you RIP.

 

[mpcincal]

one of the best obits ever...."My father worked as an arsonist for Al Capone," Marie told People magazine in 2016. "He used to burn down your warehouse if things weren't going the right way, but I didn't know that at the time. I was a child star and to me Al was my 'Uncle Al,' my mother used to cook for all these guys. Years later when I was working Vegas with (casino owner and known mobster) Bugsy Siegel, I cooked for that generation, I guess I knew."

I also liked this part (well, not the consequences of the line, but the line itself):

"A producer suggested that she would get more screen time if she had sex with him.

'And in front of everybody, I go, 'You couldn't get it up if a flag went by,'" Marie, interviewed for "Wait for Your Laugh," recalled saying. "Which didn't sit too well with him. All my numbers were cut in the picture."

 

[BTExpress]

I guess that may make her a candidate for #mefirst.

 

[deepest_background]

If your name is Bugsy, what else are you going to be other than a mobster?

fly fisherman?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Only thing I remember her from is her appearances on the original Hollywood Squares in my childhood.