Jane Rose
Jane Rose and Cloris Leachman on Phyllis (1975)
Born
Jane Phin Lisa Rose

February 7, 1913
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
DiedJune 29, 1979, aged 66
Studio City, California, U.S.
OccupationActress

Jane Phin Lisa Rose[1][2] (February 7, 1913[3] – June 29, 1979)[1] was an American character actress, perhaps best remembered as Audrey Dexter, the gently befuddled mother-in-law of Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom Phyllis (1975–1977).

Early life

Born in Spokane, Washington,[1] Rose was the only child born to Dr. Charles L. Rose and Dr. Frances Eastman Rose,[4] who also had a daughter, Angeline Kearny Lockhart,[5] from Dr. Eastman's previous marriage.[6] In her early years, Rose participated in little theater.[7] She was educated at Lewis and Clark High School, the University of Washington,[1] and Columbia University.[8]

Career

Rose, who worked with the New York Association for the Blind (she served eleven years as the Association's Director of Recreation), also taught acting, and was a pioneer in the use of drama as therapy for the blind.[9]

She appeared in the original Broadway productions of The Time of the Cuckoo (1952–53), Orpheus Descending (1957), and The Gazebo (1958–59), as well as a revival of Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (1959–60), in which she played Nurse Guinness.[10] She also performed for the New York Shakespeare Festival in such productions as All's Well That Ends Well, Richard III, and Measure for Measure."[9]

Her films included David Lean's Summertime (1955), with Katharine Hepburn, Flipper (1963), and I Walk the Line (1970), with Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. Among her numerous TV credits were appearances on such shows as Robert Montgomery Presents, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Defenders, Route 66, All in the Family, Rhoda, Lou Grant, and Co-Ed Fever. In addition, she was featured on the daytime dramas Love of Life (in which she created the character of Sarah Dale), Dark Shadows, The Secret Storm, and Somerset.

In 1975, Rose was cast as Audrey Dexter, mother-in-law to Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), on Phyllis (1975–77). In 2005 – almost thirty years after Phyllis was cancelled - Rose was nominated for a TV Land Award as "Favorite Mother-in-Law".

Rose's last seen performance was as Mrs. Bulfinch in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).[11]

Death

She died of cancer on June 29, 1979, at her home in Studio City, California. She was 66.[9][1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleStudioNotes
1954Garden of EdenLatimore's HousekeeperExcelsior Pictures
1955SummertimeMrs. McIlhennyUnited Artists
1956The Monte Carlo StoryMrs. Edith FreemanUnited Artists
1961One Plus OneMrs. KingsleySelected Films("Average Man" segment)
1963FlipperHettie WhiteMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1970I Walk the LineElsieColumbia Pictures

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1951–1960Love of LifeSarah DaleUnknown episodes
1951Goodyear Television PlayhouseEpisode - "October Story"
1952Schlitz Playhouse of StarsOld WomanEpisode - "Autumn in New York"
1953The WebEpisode - "Encore"
1953Wonderful John ActonAunt Bessie13 episodes
1953Robert Montgomery PresentsMamaEpisode - "Really the Blues"
1954The United States Steel HourEpisode - "The Rise of Carthage"
1954Hallmark Hall of FameFirst WitchEpisode - "Macbeth"
1954Look Up and LiveAnnaEpisode - "Tobias and the Angel: Part 3"
1955Studio OneMableEpisode - "Strange Companion"
1955Mr. CitizenEpisode - "For My Brother"
1957DecoyMatronEpisode - "Deadly Corridor"
1958SuspicionMrs. RussellEpisode - "The Woman Turned to Salt"
1958Kraft Television TheatreEdnaEpisode - "Web of Guilt"
1958Little WomenTV movie
1959Armstrong Circle TheatreEpisode - "The Zone of Silence"
1960DillingerAnna SageTV movie
1960True StoryNellie SmithEpisode - "Episode dated June 4, 1960"
1960Shirley Temple's StorybookGypsy MotherEpisode - "Madeline"
1962Car 54, Where Are You?Boarding House Maid / Woman with StrollerEpisodes - "Toody Undercover" and "Pretzel Mary"
1963The DefendersJuror #5Episode - "Judgment Eve"
1963Route 66Mrs. SchoolEpisode - "What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant"
1964–1965The Doctors and the NursesMiss Pritchard / Mrs. BriandEpisodes - "Where Park Runs into Vreeland", "Night of the Witch"
1966Dark ShadowsMrs. MitchellEpisode - "Episode #1.1"
1966ABC Stage 67Episode - "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski"
1966HawkMrs. ColsonEpisode - "The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke"
1970–1971The Secret StormAggie "Aunt Aggie" ParsonsUnknown episodes
1974Great PerformancesAgrafenaEpisode - "Enemies"
1974–1975SomersetBecky WinkleUnknown episodes
1975All in the FamilyAunt ClaraEpisode - "Edith's Friend"
1975–1977PhyllisAudrey Dexter48 episodes
1977Halloween with the New Addams FamilyGrandmama AddamsTV movie
1978The Tony Randall ShowMrs. TildenEpisode - "Eyes of the Law"
1978RhodaMaryEpisode - "In Search of Martin"
1978Lou GrantMrs. WalkerEpisode - "Murder"
1979Co-Ed FeverMrs. Selby8 episodes, (final appearance)
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsMrs. BulfinchTV miniseries - "Part VII"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "City-Born Actress Dies". Spokane Chronicle. June 30, 1979. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQH-9SL : accessed 26 July 2023), Jane P Lisa Rose in household of Francis E Rose, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 1A, line 14, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2518; FHL microfilm 2,342,252.
  3. ↑ "Birthday Party Will Honor Two". Spokane Chronicle. February 7, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved July 26, 2023. "Honoring the birthdays of their daughters, Miss Jane Phinn Rose and Miss Jean Holton Robinson, Dr. Frances E. Rose and Mrs. Lucy M. Robinson will give a dinner and dancing party Tuesday evening. Both girls attend Lewis and Clark High School. Miss Rose's anniversary is today, but the party is arranged for Tuesday in order to make it part of the Spokane Advertising club's annual dance at the Woman's club building." See also:
  4. ↑ "Charles L. Rose, Dentist, Expires; Ill Several Months From Cancer—His Family Noted for Long Lives; Family Lives Long; Leaves Widow and Daughter". The Spokesman-Review. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ "'63' Club Enjoys Merry Afternoon; Children Are Entertained". The Spokesman-Review. January 4, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2023. See also:
  6. ↑ "Lockhart-Eastman". Mower County Transcript. January 11, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ Connor, Harriet J. (August 6, 1969). "Chroniscope". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 25. Retrieved July 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Jane Rose Here Today". Spokane Chronicle. December 24, 1935. p. 14. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "Jane Rose, 66, Actress On Stage, Screen, TV". The New York Times. July 3, 1979. p. D13. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jane Rose – Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database.
  11. ↑ "TV actress Jane Rose dead at 67". Chicago Tribune. July 1, 1979.
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