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Mariclare Costello
Costello in 1977.
Born	Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–2002
Spouse	Allan Arbus ​ ​(m. 1977; died 2013)​
Children	1

Mariclare Costello is a retired American television, stage, and movie actress. She is 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.

Costello portrayed a hippie-vampire in the 1971 cult horror film Let's Scare Jessica to Death.

Personal life

She was married to actor Allan Arbus until his death in 2013. The couple had one child.

After her acting career, she was an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Filmography

References

1. Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
2. Greenspun, Roger (August 28, 1971). "Let s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Screen: Hippie Vampire: 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death' Arrives". The New York Times.
3. "Costello and Arbus attend opening of "12 Angry Men"". Retrieved 2007-12-17.
4. "Cfa.lmu.edu". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

External links

• Remembering Jessica: An Interview with Mariclare Costello - July 2011
• Mariclare Costello at IMDb
• Mariclare Costello at the Internet Broadway Database
• Mariclare Costello at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• Actresses from Peoria, Illinois
• Living people
• American television actresses
• American film actresses
• American stage actresses
• 20th-century American actresses
• Clarke University alumni
• Catholic University of America alumni