RoseMary De Camp was the quintessential small-town American mother, a calming and steadying presence in scores of films in the 1940s and 1950s. She came to Hollywood after a successful career on the stage and in radio, making her film debut in 1941. Though she worked for many studios, she was most closely associated with Warner Bros., for whom she...
Margaret Shidler, Nita Shidler, Valerie Shidler, Martha Shidler
Parents
William Valentine DeCamp, Margaret Elizabeth DeCamp
Siblings
Jerry Valentine
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Jungle Book, 13 Ghosts, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, On Moonlight Bay, The Story of Seabiscuit, Hold Back the Dawn, Nora Prentiss, Scandal Sheet, Strategic Air Command, Pride of the Marines, Cheers for Miss Bishop, Saturday the 14th, Rhapsody in Blue, Eyes in the Night, Loo...
TV Shows
That Girl, The Bob Cummings Show, The Life of Riley
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 37, a daughter Valerie Dorothy Schidler on December 14, 1947. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
2
Gave birth to her 4th child at age 41, a daughter Nita Louise Schidler on March 21, 1952. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
3
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter Martha Shirley Schidler on July 25, 1946. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
4
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a daughter Margaret Mina Schidler on November 21, 1942. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
On July 7, 1946, she and her husband were in their house in Beverly Hills, California, when an aircraft crashed into the roof of the house next door, and its wing cut through the roof of her house and landed in the bedroom, where she and her husband were. The plane, an experimental model called the XF-11, had experienced mechanical problems after taking off from the airport at nearby Culver City. It was piloted by Howard Hughes, and finally came to rest after crashing through the wall of the house of another of DeCamp's neighbors and exploding. Hughes was rescued from the cockpit by a bystander and, although receiving several broken bones, burns and gashes, was not severely injured and eventually made a full recovery. He paid for the damage to the houses in the neighborhood out of his own pocket.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Murder, She Wrote
1989
TV Series
Agnes
St. Elsewhere
1986-1987
TV Series
Amy Jeffries
Hotel
1985
TV Series
Mary Tyson
Quincy M.E.
1983
TV Series
Eugenia Winston
Fantasy Island
1983
TV Series
Carol Cook
Simon & Simon
1982
TV Series
Mrs. Martin
Saturday the 14th
1981
Aunt Lucille (as Rosemary De Camp)
B.J. and the Bear
1981
TV Series
Hatsie Tipton
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1981
TV Series
Buck's Mother
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1980
TV Series
Mama Lobo
Family
1979
TV Series
Amelia Stone
Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World
1979
TV Movie
The Time Machine
1978
TV Movie
Agnes
The Love Boat
1978
TV Series
Cynthia Loudon
We've Got Each Other
1977
TV Series
Nurse
Phillip and Barbara
1976
TV Movie
Edna
Police Story
1973-1975
TV Series
Beaulah / the Grocery Owner
Medical Story
1975
TV Series
Petrocelli
1975
TV Series
Mrs. Drew
The Rockford Files
1975
TV Series
Mary Ramsey
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1975
TV Series
Nurse Kelly
The Partridge Family
1970-1973
TV Series
Grandma Amanda Renfrew
Mannix
1971-1973
TV Series
Mrs. Alferro / Mrs. Henry
Love, American Style
1969-1973
TV Series
Old Martha Pomerantz (segment "Love and the Anniversary") / Mrs. Kearn (segment "Love and the Other Love")
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