Rose Marie

Trivia

• 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" (1961)) 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 is the 2184th star issued.
• Toured for over eight years in the musical revue "4 Girls 4" with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell, and Margaret Whiting.
• 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.
• Wanted to leave "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) after her husband died but was talked out of it by John Rich.

Quotes

• "It was a big mistake. We could have gone on another two years - in color!"
• "I've been in show business my whole life. Why start something new now?"