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Rose Marie Mazetta (born August 15, 1923), known professionally as Rose Marie, is an American actress. As a child performer she had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie. A veteran of vaudeville and one of its last surviving stars, her career includes film, radio,records, theater, night clubs and television. Her most famous 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 the first major star to be known simply by her first name and is the upcoming subject of a new documentary film, currently in production as of June, 2016 and which will feature interviews from numerous co-stars, including Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall and Tim Conway.
Rose Marie is an American actress.
Rose Marie may also refer to:
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Rose-Marie, an operetta by Rudolph Friml, and its three MGM adaptations:
- Rose-Marie (1928 film), a silent film starring Joan Crawford
- Rose Marie (1936 film), a black-and-white musical starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
- Rose Marie (1954 film), a color musical starring Ann Blyth, Howard Keel and Fernando Lamas
- "Rose Marie" (song), the title song, which became a hit in 1955 for Slim Whitman
- Rose-Marie (singer) (1956-), a Northern Irish singer, actress, and television personality
- Dr Rose Marie, a character in the BBC TV series A Very Peculiar Practice played by Barbara Flynn
"Rose Marie" is a popular song from the musical or operetta of the same name. The music was written by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, the lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, In the original Broadway production in 1924. The song was performed by Dennis King and Arthur Deagon, as the characters Jim Kenyon and Sergeant Malone. On three occasions the play has been made into a movie: 1928, 1936 and 1954.
In 1955, "Rose Marie" was a hit for the American country singer Slim Whitman. Produced by Lew Chudd. Whitman's recording of the song spent 11 weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart - setting a record which was not beaten until 1991, when Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks at the top of that chart with " (Everything I Do) I Do It for You". The previous year, in the US, Whitman had peaked at number five on the Best Sellers in Stores chart
Rose Marie is a 1954 musical adaptation of the 1924 operetta of the same name, the third by MGM, following a 1928 silent movie and the best-known of the three, the 1936 Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy version. It is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and stars Ann Blyth, Howard Keel and Fernando Lamas. This version is filmed in the Canadian Rockies in CinemaScope. It was MGM's first film in the new widescreen medium and the first movie musical of any studio to be released in this format.
The story adheres closely to that of the original libretto, unlike the 1936 version. It is somewhat altered by a tomboy to lady conversion for the title character.
Rose Marie or Rose-Marie is the title of the following films, all based on the 1924 light operetta-style Broadway musical Rose-Marie:
- Rose-Marie (1928 film), directed by Lucien Hubbard, and starring Joan Crawford, James Murray and House Peters
- Rose Marie (1936 film), directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and featuring frequent co-stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, as well as Reginald Owen
- Rose Marie (1954 film), with director Mervyn LeRoy and stars Ann Blyth, Howard Keel and Fernando Lamas
Rose Marie is a 1936 musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Reginald Owen and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was the second of three movie adaptations from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are utilized in both the 1936 and 1954 films.
Although the original plot was changed, and most of the songs were dropped, the 1936 film was a huge success and became MacDonald and Eddy's best-known film. Their duet of " Indian Love Call" was a major hit for the two singers and remained a signature song throughout their careers.