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Jane Rose
Jane Rose in Phyllis (1975)
Born	Jane Phin Rose February 7, 1913 Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Died	June 29, 1979, aged 66 Studio City, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress

Jane Phin Rose (February 7, 1913 – June 29, 1979) was an American character actress, perhaps best remembered as Audrey Dexter, the gently befuddled mother-in-law of Cloris Leachman’s character (Phyllis Lindstrom) on the CBS sitcom Phyllis (1975–1977).

Early life

Rose was born in Spokane, Washington, the only child born to Dr. Charles L. Rose, a Spokane dentist, and Dr. Frances Eastman, a Spokane physician. Eastman had a daughter, Angeline Kearny Lockhart, by a previous marriage. In her early years, Jane Rose participated in little theater. She was educated at Lewis and Clark High School, the University of Washington, and Columbia University.

Career

Rose appeared in the original Broadway productions of The Time of the Cuckoo (1952–53), Orpheus Descending (1957), and The Gazebo (1958–59), as well as a revival of Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (1959–60), in which she played Nurse Guinness. She also performed for the New York Shakespeare Festival in such productions as All's Well That Ends Well, Richard III, and Measure for Measure."

Her films included David Lean's Summertime (1955), with Katharine Hepburn, Flipper (1963), and I Walk the Line (1970), with Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. Among her numerous TV credits were appearances on such shows as Robert Montgomery Presents, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Defenders, Route 66, All in the Family, Rhoda, Lou Grant, and Co-Ed Fever. In addition, she was featured on the daytime dramas Love of Life (in which she created the character of Sarah Dale), Dark Shadows, The Secret Storm, and Somerset.

In 1975, Rose was cast as Audrey Dexter, mother-in-law to Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), on Phyllis (1975–77). In 2005 – almost thirty years after Phyllis was cancelled - Rose was nominated for a TV Land Award as "Favorite Mother-in-Law".

Rose's last seen performance was as Mrs. Bulfinch in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).

Rose also worked with the New York Association for the Blind (she served eleven years as the Association's Director of Recreation), also taught acting, and was a pioneer in the use of drama as therapy for the blind.

Death

She died of cancer on June 29, 1979, at her home in Studio City, California. She was 66.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. ^ "City-Born Actress Dies". Spokane Chronicle. June 30, 1979. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQH-9SL : accessed 26 July 2023), Jane P Lisa Rose in household of Francis E Rose, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 1A, line 14, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2518; FHL microfilm 2,342,252.
3. "Birthday Party Will Honor Two". Spokane Chronicle. February 7, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved July 26, 2023. "Honoring the birthdays of their daughters, Miss Jane Phinn Rose and Miss Jean Holton Robinson, Dr. Frances E. Rose and Mrs. Lucy M. Robinson will give a dinner and dancing party Tuesday evening. Both girls attend Lewis and Clark High School. Miss Rose's anniversary is today, but the party is arranged for Tuesday in order to make it part of the Spokane Advertising club's annual dance at the Woman's club building." See also:
   • "Little Jane Celebrates First Birthday". Spokane Chronicle. March 5, 1914. p. 14.
   • "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC7-8BM : 26 November 2014), Jane Phin Rose, 29 Jun 1979; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
   • "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DTM3-P7MM : 4 December 2020), Jane Phin Rose, 1913.
4. "Charles L. Rose, Dentist, Expires; Ill Several Months From Cancer—His Family Noted for Long Lives; Family Lives Long; Leaves Widow and Daughter". The Spokesman-Review. p. 6. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
5. "'63' Club Enjoys Merry Afternoon; Children Are Entertained". The Spokesman-Review. January 4, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2023. See also:
   • "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFL-GGK : 4 February 2021), Angeline Lockhart in entry for Charles Rose, 1920.
   • "Today's Society News; Fort Officers Will Be Hosts; Annual Hop for Officers of national Guard Unit Comes Friday; Angeline Lockhart Mother". Spokane Chronicle. March 21, 1927. p. 10.
   • "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW4Q-CPL : 11 January 2020), Angeline Kearny Lockhart in entry for John W. Wolfenden, 1926.
6. "Lockhart-Eastman". Mower County Transcript. January 11, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
7. Connor, Harriet J. (August 6, 1969). "Chroniscope". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 25. Retrieved July 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Jane Rose Here Today". Spokane Chronicle. December 24, 1935. p. 14. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
9. "Jane Rose – Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database.
10. ^ "Jane Rose, 66, Actress On Stage, Screen, TV". The New York Times. July 3, 1979. p. D13. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

External links

• Jane Rose at IMDb
• Jane Rose at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jane Rose at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• 1913 births
• 1979 deaths
• American film actresses
• American stage actresses
• American television actresses
• Actresses from Spokane, Washington
• Columbia University alumni
• University of Washington alumni
• 20th-century American actresses
• Deaths from cancer in California
• People from Studio City, Los Angeles