Mariclare Costello
February 6, 1936 (90 years old) in Peoria, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 2000 · Shadow of the Blair Witch as Kathy Patterson
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Mother Mary Catherine
- 1993 · Indecent Proposal as David's Mother
- 1990 · She Said No as Susan Finn
- 1990 · Appearances as Rose
- 1987 · American Harvest as Mary Alice Duncan
- 1985 · Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Ellen Mancini
- 1984 · Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story as Jane Bladow
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Cassie Latham Burns
- 1984 · The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Senator Cunningham
- 1983 · Nightmares as Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
- 1982 · Skeezer as Barbara Thompson
- 1981 · Coward of the County as Emma Spencer
- 1980 · Ordinary People as Audrey
- 1980 · All God's Children as Winnie Naponic
- 1980 · The Boy Who Drank Too Much as Louise Carpenter
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Anita Boyer
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as Kay Wallace
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Louise Larsen
- 1977 · The Fitzpatricks as Maggie Fitzpatrick
- 1977 · A Sensitive, Passionate Man as Pat Morris
- 1976 · Raid on Entebbe as Gabrielle Krieger
- 1976 · Territorial Men as Julia Baker
- 1975 · Conspiracy of Terror as Mrs. Warnall
- 1974 · After the Fall as Louise
- 1974 · The Gun as Beryl Strauss
- 1974 · The Execution of Private Slovik as Antoinette Slovik
- 1973 · Kojak as Diane Gordon
- 1972 · Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus as Herself - Narrator
- 1972 · The Waltons as Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- 1972 · The Waltons as Miss Rosemary Hunter
- 1972 · The Waltons as Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick (archive footage)
- 1971 · Let's Scare Jessica to Death as Emily
- 1970 · Pound as Honky Killer's Wife