Rosemary Prinz
| Rosemary Prinz | |
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Prinz in 1970.
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| Born |
January 4, 1930 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Patti (1967–present) Michael Thoma (1951–1957) (divorced) |
Rosemary Prinz (born January 4, 1930) is a stage and television actress. She is most known for her work in the early era of the American soap opera, As the World Turns. Prinz originated the role of M'Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias during its first production Off-Broadway.
Prinz was born in Manhattan. Her father, Milton Prinz, was a talented cellist (many years later Prinz taped How to Survive a Marriage in the same studio where her father had performed with Arturo Toscanini) and Prinz herself spent her early years in the theater. After graduating from high school at age sixteen, she made her summer stock debut in a 1947 production of Dream Girl.
In 1952 she made her Broadway debut as a girl scout in The Grey-Eyed People and returned to Broadway in 1978 for a production of Tribute with Jack Lemmon. Prinz has continued to work in all forms of theater, including in recent years, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Master Class, Mame, and Annie Get Your Gun, and a 2003 New York appearance in Killing Louise.
Prinz made her television debut in the short-lived 1954 daytime drama First Love, as the wife of aviator Chris (Frankie Thomas). Her most famous role to date has been her portrayal of Penny Hughes on As the World Turns, a role she played from 1956-68. Penny had a number of stories but her most popular story was her tortured relationship with Jeff Baker (Mark Rydell). They were daytime's first teen romance and first supercouple, breaking up and reuniting many times; when they finally married for good and planned to adopt a child, Jeff was killed in a car crash. Viewers were outraged; TV Guide called it "the auto accident that shook the nation".
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