Actress. She was known for her many appearances in both film and television during a seven decade career. Born Rosie Cohen, she started in entertainment at the age of eight when she won a talent contest in Oakland, California. Ten years later, at the age of eighteen, she landed her first vaudeville show in Santa Cruz, California. A year later, she moved to New York and began to perform in nightclubs and vaudeville theaters. Legendary star Sophie Tucker took her "under her wing" and she went on to perform with Tucker's show. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, she performed in television on both "The Milton Berle Show" and "The Jackie Gleason Show". She appeared in many television series during her long career such as "The Donna Reed Show", "The Fugitive", "The Andy Griffith Show", "All in the Family", The F.B.I.", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Archie Bunker's Place", "Hill Street Blues", "Home Improvement", "Seinfeld", "Boy Meets World", "Becker", "2 Broke Girls", and "Ray Donovan". In the early 1950s, she landed the role of 'Miss Wexler" on the Broadway play "A Hole in the Head". She would go on to play the same character in the 1959 film adaptation of the play. Her later film credits would include "Dumb and Dumber" (1994), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "Out of Sight" (1998), and "Pineapple Express" (2008). In her later years, she became known as "Hollywood's Oldest Working Actress". She wrote her autobiography "I Never Wanted To Be a Star - And I Wasn't" in 2017.
Actress. She was known for her many appearances in both film and television during a seven decade career. Born Rosie Cohen, she started in entertainment at the age of eight when she won a talent contest in Oakland, California. Ten years later, at the age of eighteen, she landed her first vaudeville show in Santa Cruz, California. A year later, she moved to New York and began to perform in nightclubs and vaudeville theaters. Legendary star Sophie Tucker took her "under her wing" and she went on to perform with Tucker's show. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, she performed in television on both "The Milton Berle Show" and "The Jackie Gleason Show". She appeared in many television series during her long career such as "The Donna Reed Show", "The Fugitive", "The Andy Griffith Show", "All in the Family", The F.B.I.", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Archie Bunker's Place", "Hill Street Blues", "Home Improvement", "Seinfeld", "Boy Meets World", "Becker", "2 Broke Girls", and "Ray Donovan". In the early 1950s, she landed the role of 'Miss Wexler" on the Broadway play "A Hole in the Head". She would go on to play the same character in the 1959 film adaptation of the play. Her later film credits would include "Dumb and Dumber" (1994), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "Out of Sight" (1998), and "Pineapple Express" (2008). In her later years, she became known as "Hollywood's Oldest Working Actress". She wrote her autobiography "I Never Wanted To Be a Star - And I Wasn't" in 2017.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
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