Name
Mariclare Costello
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-02-06
Deathday
2026-04-17 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Biography
Mariclare Catherine Costello (February 3, 1936 – April 17, 2026) was an American actress. She was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Costello's most notable role was that of Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on the television series The Waltons, from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, after her role on The Waltons, she played matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on the short-lived drama show The Fitzpatricks.
Known For
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John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend...
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Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other s...
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A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive ...
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A lifelong yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks b...
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The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier...
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Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before h...
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In this true-crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration fo...
- 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Senator Cunningham
- 1971 Let's Scare Jessica to Death as Emily
- 1976 Territorial Men as Julia Baker
- 1980 Ordinary People as Audrey
- 1974 The Execution of Private Slovik as Antoinette Slovik
- 1980 The Boy Who Drank Too Much as Louise Carpenter
- 1981 Coward of the County as Emma Spencer
- 1985 Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Ellen Mancini
- 1974 The Gun as Beryl Strauss
- 1990 Appearances as Rose
- 1984 Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story as Jane Bladow
- 1982 Skeezer as Barbara Thompson
- 1977 A Sensitive, Passionate Man as Pat Morris
- 1990 She Said No as Susan Finn
- 2000 Shadow of the Blair Witch as Kathy Patterson
- 1972 Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus as Herself - Narrator
- 1970 Pound as Honky Killer's Wife
- 1980 All God's Children as Winnie Naponic
- 1974 After the Fall as Louise
- 1983 Nightmares as Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
- 1993 Indecent Proposal as David's Mother
- 1987 American Harvest as Mary Alice Duncan
- 1976 Raid on Entebbe as Gabrielle Krieger
- 1975 Conspiracy of Terror as Mrs. Warnall
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Mother Mary Catherine
- 1977 The Fitzpatricks ( 13 episodes ) as Maggie Fitzpatrick
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Louise Larsen
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Diane Gordon
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode ) as Anita Boyer
- 1977 The Incredible Hulk ( 1 episode ) as Kay Wallace
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Cassie Latham Burns
- 1972 The Waltons ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- 1972 The Waltons ( 3 episodes ) as Miss Rosemary Hunter
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick (archive footage)
