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Child Star of the Ages: The Story of Rose Marie
Updated: Feb 3, 2022
By John C. Alsedek:
In an era when social media bestows instant celebrity status and takes it away every bit as quickly, it can be a little difficult to fathom how someone can maintain a high level of recognition for decades at a time. So it’s even more impressive when someone manages to do it for longer than most peoples’ lifetime! Yet that’s what actress, comedian, singer, and writer Rose Marie did. As a kid, I knew her from reruns of The Dick Van Dyke Show and then-current episodes of The Hollywood Squares game show, where she seemed to be on all the time. But it wasn’t until later that I would learn just what a rich and interesting career she had.
First of all, Rose Marie wasn’t a stage name—she was actually born Rose Marie Mazzetta in Manhattan, New York, on August 15th, 1923, and went with her given names throughout her nine-decade career. Italian-American on her father’s side, Polish-American on her mother’s, she grew up in a vaudeville household (her father, Frank, was an actor) and was singing for the family and neighbors even before she could walk. At just three years old, she was performing as "Baby Rose Marie," and at five . . . well . . . at five she’d already hit heights that most performers can only dream of.
This was the first stage of Rose Marie’s career: the child prodigy. As a five-year-old, she was a radio star on NBC and would soon have her own show. She’d also done her first film—the Vitaphone sound short Baby Rose Marie, the Child Wonder. She would go on to do dozens of shorts, plus the feature film International House with W. C. Fields, Cab Calloway, and Bela Lugosi (!) in 1933. Rose Marie also recorded music for RCA Victor, with fifteen releases before she’d turned 15; the first of those found her accompanied by the orchestra of famed African American musician Fletcher Henderson. They would later support her on the single &quo Rose Marie Marie in 2010 Rose Marie Mazzetta Manhattan, New York, U.S. Van Nuys, California, U.S. Bobby Guy Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazzetta; August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017) was an American actress and comedienne, with a career spanning nine decades. As a child performer she had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie. A veteran of vaudeville, her career included film, radio, records, theater, night clubs, and television. Her best known role was Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. She later portrayed Myrna Gibbons on The Doris Day Show and was also a frequent panelist on Hollywood Squares. She was among the first major stars to be known simply by her first names and is the subject of a documentary film Wait for Your Laugh (2017), which features interviews from numerous co-stars, including Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall, and Tim Conway. Marie was born Rose Marie Mazetta in New York City, New York on August 15, 1923. At age 3, Marie started performing under the name Baby Rose Marie. At age 5, she became a radio star on NBC and made a series of movies. In her teenage years, she was a nightclub and lounge performer in before becoming a radio comedienne. She was billed then as "The Darling of the Airwaves." According to her autobiography Hold the Roses, Marie was assisted in her career by many members of organized crime, including Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel. She performed at the opening night of the Flamin Rose Marie Mazzetta (August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017), known professionally as Rose Marie, was an American actress, with a career spanning nine decades. As a child performer, she had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie. A veteran of vaudeville, her career included film, radio, records, theater, night clubs and television. Her best known role was television comedy writer Sally Rogers on the CBS situation comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show. She later portrayed Myrna Gibbons on The Doris Day Show and was also a frequent panelist on the game show Hollywood Squares. She was among the first major stars to be known simply by her first names and is the subject of a documentary film Wait for Your Laugh (2017) which features interviews from numerous co-stars, including Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall and Tim Conway. Rose Marie Mazzetta was born on August 15, 1923, in Manhattan, New York, to Italian-American vaudeville actor Frank Mazzetta, who went by the name of Frank Curley, and Polish-American Stella Gluszcak. At the age of three, she started performing under the name "Baby Rose Marie." At five, she became a radio star on NBC and made a series of films. Rose Marie was a nightclub and lounge performer in her teenage years before becoming a radio comedian. She was billed then as "The Darling of the Airwaves". According to her autobiography, Hold the Roses, she was assisted in her career by many members of organized crime, including Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel. She performed at the opening night of the Flamingo Hotel, which was built by Siegel. At her height of fame as a child singer, from late 1929 to 1934, she had her own radio show, made numerous records, and was featured in a number of Paramount films and shorts. She continued to appear in films through the mid-1930s, making shorts and one feature picture, International House (1933), with W.C. Fields for Paramount. In 1929, the five-year-old singer made a Vitaphone sound sh American actress, singer, and comedian (1923–2017) This article is about the actress. For other uses, see Rose Marie (disambiguation). Rose Marie Rose Marie in 1970 Rose Marie Mazzetta New York City, New York, U.S. Van Nuys, California, U.S. Bobby Guy Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazzetta; August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017) was an American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer with a career ultimately spanning nine decades, which included film, radio, records, theater, night clubs and television. As a child performer during the years just after the silent film era, she had a successful singing career under the stage name Baby Rose Marie. Rose Marie was widely known for her role on the CBS situation comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) as television comedy writer Sally Rogers, "who went toe-to-toe in a man's world". Later, she portrayed Myrna Gibbons on The Doris Day Show and was a featured celebrity on Hollywood Squares for 14 years. She is the subject of a 2017 documentary film, Wait for Your Laugh, which includes interviews with her and her co-stars including Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall, and Tim Conway. Rose Marie was born Rose Marie Mazzetta in Manhattan, New York, on August 15, 1923, to Polish-American Stella Gluszcak and Italian-American vaudeville actor Frank Mazzetta, who went by the name of Frank Curley. Her mother took her to see local vaudeville shows regularly and afterwards, Rose Marie would sing what she had heard for neighbors, who eventually entered her in a talent contest. Rose Marie
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(1923-08-15)August 15, 1923Died December 28, 2017(2017-12-28) (aged 94) Cause of death Natural causes Nationality American Other names Baby Rose Marie Occupation(s) Actress, singer, comedienne Years active 1926–2017 Spouse Children 1 Early life
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(1923-08-15)August 15, 1923Died December 28, 2017(2017-12-28) (aged 94) Other names Baby Rose Marie Occupations Years active 1926–2017 Spouse Children 1 Early life and childhood career