Rosemary Forsyth | |
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Born |
Montréal, Québec, Canada |
July 6, 1943
Nationality | Canadian-American |
Citizenship | United States, Canada |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1963–present |
Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943) is a Canadian-born American actress and model most notable for her role as Bronwyn opposite Charlton Heston in The War Lord in 1965.
Forsyth was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She made her acting debut in 1963 on the TV series Route 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start From Here". She made her film debut in 1965 in Shenandoah from Universal Pictures as James Stewart's daughter. After that, she starred in The War Lord with Charlton Heston, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and the western comedy Texas Across the River opposite Dean Martin.
Forsyth's other notable film credits include What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, Some Kind of a Nut, How Do I Love Thee?, The Brotherhood of the Bell, City Beneath the Sea, Black Eye and the disaster film Gray Lady Down.
By 1971, she started showing up in television frequently. She starred in a pilot for a television series, Is there a Doctor in the House?, about a young city doctor who moves to the country to work with a crusty older doctor played by William Windom, but the series was not picked up. From the mid-1970s and on, she worked primarily in television. She was featured in the Columbo television series episode "Murder by the Book," directed by Steven Spielberg.