Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp was an American radio film and television actress DeCamp first came to fame in November 1937 when she took the role of Judy Price the secretarynurse of Dr Christian in the longrunning radio series of the same name She also played in The Career of Alice Blair a transcribed syndicated soap opera that ran in 19391940 She made her film debut in Cheers for Miss Bishop and appeared in many Warner Bros films including Eyes in the Night Yankee Doodle Dandy playing Nellie Cohan opposite James Cagney This Is The Army playing the wife of George Murphy and the mother of Ronald Reagan Rhapsody in Blue and Nora Prentiss She played the mother of the character played by Sabu Dastagir in Jungle Book In 1951 and 1953 respectively she starred in the nostalgic musical films On Moonlight Bay and its sequel By The Light Of The Silvery Moon as Alice Winfield Doris Days mother opposite Leon Ames DeCamp played Peg Riley in the first television version of The Life of Riley opposite Jackie Gleason in the 19491950 season then reprised the role on radio with original star William Bendix for an episode of Lux Radio Theater in 1950 From 19551959 she was a regular on the popular NBC television comedy The Bob Cummings Show playing Margaret MacDonald widowed sister of Cummingss character the lothario photographer and former World War II pilot Bob Collins Dwayne Hickman future star of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis portrayed her son Chuck She appeared in the 1961 Rawhide episode Incident Near Gloomy River In 1962 she played a dishonest Southern belle in the NBC sitcom Ensign OToole with Dean Jones She appeared in the role of Gertrude Komack on ABCs medical drama Breaking Point in the episode entitled A Little Anger is a Good Thing DeCamp had a recurring role as Helen Marie the mother of Marlo Thomass character on the ABC sitcom That Girl from 19661970 She appeared in several 1968 episodes of the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction as Kate Bradleys sister Helen filling in as a temporary replacement for the ailing Bea Benaderet as the mother figure to Bradleys three daughters DeCamp made several appearances as the mother of Shirley Partridge in The Partridge Family from 19701973 She also played The Fairy Godmother in the 1980s TV show The Memoirs of a Fairy Godmother DeCamp played Buck Rogers mother in flashback scenes of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode The Guardians On July 7 1946 her Beverly Hills home was damaged when struck by a wing after the experimental XF11 piloted by Howard Hughes recreated in the 2004 movie The Aviator crashed nearby Although a piece of the wing and a part of the neighbors roof landed in DeCamps bedroom where she and her husband were sleeping they sustained no injuries