Rose Marie is a legend of show business with a career stretching over 80 years since her debut as her self in a Vitaphone musical short that appeared on the bill with _The Jazz Singer . Now approaching ninety, Rose Marie continues to make occasional appearances.
She had two separate acting careers - one as "Baby Rose Marie" in the 1920s, and the other, which began in the 1940s.
According to Sylvia Miles , Rose Marie got the job for which she is best known (Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" ) after Miles pulled out after the pilot.
She is of Italian and Polish extraction.
The hair bow has some personal significance on which Rose Marie has so far refused to elaborate.
Received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 3, 2001. It was the 2184th star issued.
Toured for over eight years in the musical revue "4 Girls 4" with Rosemary Clooney , Helen OConnell , and Margaret Whiting. As of the death of Margaret Whiting in 2011, Rose Marie is the last remaining of the four.
Her husband, musician Bobby Guy , was at one time lead trumpeter for the NBC orchestra on "The Tonight Show".
Made history as one of the headliners who opened the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, the first of the modern hotel/casinos.
On stage from age 3 as "Baby Rose Marie, she dropped the "Baby" at the age of 15.
Born on the day that the Broadway musical "Rose-Marie" opened.
Wanted to leave "The Dick Van Dyke Show" after her husband died in 1964, but was talked out of it by director John Rich , and continued until the end of the shows run in 1966.
Is into Italian cooking and knitting (on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" , she occasionally could be seen knitting in the office).
According to the liner notes for the CD of the "Gypsy" soundtrack, Rose Marie was on the "short list" of possible dubbers for Rosalind Russell. (Lisa Kirk ultimately was chosen.).
Daughter, Georgiana Marie Guy (born May 18, 1947), with Bobby Guy.
It was Rose Marie who suggested Morey Amsterdam , a long-time friend of hers, be considered to play the third writer on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" . The producers of the show had originally planned to hire a younger actor who would play a new writer just starting out in show business, but decided that a show biz veteran like Amsterdam playing an older writer at the end of his career would offer even better comedic possibilities.
Friends with Dick Van Dyke , and Jerry Lewis.
According to her twitter account, she is a big fan of Stephen King and has read all of his books.
