Occupation Actress Children Arin Arbus Role Television actress | Name Mariclare Costello Years active 1967–2002 | |
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Born February 3, 1936 (age 88) ( 1936-02-03 ) Peoria, Illinois, United States Spouse Allan Arbus (m. 1977–2013) Movies and TV shows Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Indecent Proposal, The Execution of Private, Ordinary People, The Fitzpatricks Similar People Allan Arbus, Amy Arbus, Doon Arbus, Diane Arbus, Lamont Johnson | ||
Let's scare Jessica to death/ Trailer (1971)
Mariclare Costello (born February 3, 1936) is an American television, stage, and movie actress. She is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Costello's most notable role was 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.
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Costello was born in Peoria, Illinois. Her first film appearance was in The Tiger Makes Out (1967). In 1970, she appeared on stage in "Harvey" at the ANTA Theatre, in New York City. She is also well remembered for her role as a hippie-vampire in the 1971 cult horror film Let's Scare Jessica to Death. In the 1981 Miloš Forman film Ragtime, she portrayed Emma Goldman in a scene that was ultimately deleted from the theatrical release, but still included on the DVD.
She was married to actor Allan Arbus until his death in 2013. She now works as an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Actress
2011
Assisted Loving (Video short) as
Pearl
2002
Providence (TV Series) as
Mrs. Norris
- Smoke and Mirrors (2002) - Mrs. Norris
2000
Shadow of the Blair Witch (TV Movie) as
Kathy Patterson
1999
Judging Amy (TV Series) as
Dr. Singer
- An Impartial Bias (1999) - Dr. Singer
1998
Chicago Hope (TV Series) as
Mother Mary Catherine
- Memento Mori (1998) - Mother Mary Catherine
1997
High Tide (TV Series)
- Ghost Story (1997)
1993
Indecent Proposal as
David's Mother
1990
Santa Barbara (TV Series) as
Sister Lillian
- Episode #1.1597 (1990) - Sister Lillian
- Episode #1.1594 (1990) - Sister Lillian
1990
She Said No (TV Movie) as
Susan Finn
1990
Appearances (TV Movie) as
Rose
1990
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) as
Darlene
- December Days (1990) - Darlene
1988
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) as
Denise Peterson
- Off Duty (1988) - Denise Peterson
1987
CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) as
Kate Cummings
- Juvi (1987) - Kate Cummings
1987
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
- Double Switch (1987)
1987
American Harvest (TV Movie) as
Mary Alice Duncan
1986
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Cassie Latham Burns
- Powder Keg (1986) - Cassie Latham Burns
1985
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (TV Movie) as
Ellen Mancini
1984
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (TV Movie) as
Jane Bladow
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as
Senator Cunningham
1984
Fame (TV Series) as
Mrs. Mendenhall
- Secrets (1984) - Mrs. Mendenhall
1983
Nightmares as
Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
1982
Skeezer (TV Movie) as
Barbara Thompson
1982
Hart to Hart (TV Series) as
Anita Boyer
- Deep in the Hart of Dixieland (1982) - Anita Boyer
1979
Lou Grant (TV Series) as
Louise Larsen / Maxine Kintner
- Execution (1981) - Louise Larsen
- Cop (1979) - Maxine Kintner
1981
Coward of the County (TV Movie) as
Emma
1980
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) as
Helen Crane
- Portrait of Love (1980) - Helen Crane
1980
Ordinary People as
Audrey
1980
All God's Children (TV Movie) as
Winnie Naponic
1980
The Boy Who Drank Too Much (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Carpenter
1980
Visions (TV Series) as
Opal
- It's the Willingness (1980) - Opal
1979
NBC Special Treat (TV Series) as
Kay Armstrong
- I Don't Know Who I Am (1979) - Kay Armstrong
1976
Insight (TV Series) as
Mrs. Foster / Maggie
- A Family of Winners (1979) - Mrs. Foster
- Cum Laude, Come Lonely (1976) - Maggie
1979
The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) as
Kay Wallace
- No Escape (1979) - Kay Wallace
1977
The Fitzpatricks (TV Series) as
Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Marijuana (1978) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Runaway (1978) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- The New Fitzpatrick (1978) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- A Living Wage (1978) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Say Goodbye to Buddy Bonkers (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- The Sacrament (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- A Love Story (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- The Cheerleader (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Halloween (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Superman (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- The Shark (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- FitzJo Co. (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Pilot (1977) - Maggie Fitzpatrick
1977
This Is the Life (TV Series) as
Ann
- Stranger at the Door (1977) - Ann
1977
A Sensitive, Passionate Man (TV Movie) as
Pat Morris
1972
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Miss Rosemary Hunter / Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick / Miss Hunter
- The Career Girl (1977) - Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- The Cloudburst (1976) - Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- The Burnout (1976) - Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- The Sermon (1975) - Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- The Choice (1975) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The First Day (1974) - Miss Hunter
- The Graduation (1974) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Triangle (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Substitute (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Thanksgiving Story (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Townie (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Scholar (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Fire (1973) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Star (1972) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
- The Typewriter (1972) - Miss Rosemary Hunter
1976
Raid on Entebbe (TV Movie) as
Gabrielle Krieger
1976
Territorial Men (TV Movie) as
Julia Bailey
1976
Sara (TV Series) as
Julia Bailey / julia Bailey
- The Visit (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Mountain Man (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Child Bride (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Lady (1976) - Julia Bailey
- When Gentlemen Agree (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Man from Leadville (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Code of the West (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Sod House Woman (1976) - julia Bailey
- Reprieve (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Bright Boy (1976) - Julia Bailey
- Half Breed (1976) - Julia Bailey
1975
Conspiracy of Terror (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Warnall
1975
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Ruth Granger
- The Deadlier Species (1975) - Ruth Granger
1975
Sunshine (TV Series) as
Social Worker
- White Bread and Margarine (1975) - Social Worker
1975
Harry O (TV Series) as
Emily Weston
- For the Love of Money (1975) - Emily Weston
1974
After the Fall (TV Movie) as
Louise
1974
Amy Prentiss (TV Series) as
Enid Feeny
- Baptism of Fire (1974) - Enid Feeny
1974
The Gun (TV Movie) as
Beryl Strauss
1974
The Execution of Private Slovik (TV Movie) as
Antoinette Slovik
1974
Kojak (TV Series) as
Diane Gordon
- Death Is Not a Passing Grade (1974) - Diane Gordon
1972
Ironside (TV Series) as
Mary Ellen Wells
- The Savage Sentry (1972) - Mary Ellen Wells
1971
Let's Scare Jessica to Death as
Emily
1970
Pound as
Honky Killer's Wife
1970
Men at Law (TV Series) as
Nancy Collins
- Murph Collins vs. Tomorrow (1970) - Nancy Collins
1969
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) as
Eloise Hendrix
- The Attacker (1969) - Eloise Hendrix
1967
The Tiger Makes Out as
Rosi
Self
2015
Earl Hamner Storyteller (Documentary) as
Self
1977
CBS Galaxy (TV Special) as
Self - Guest
1972
Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator (as Mary Clare Costello)
Archive Footage
1977
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
- The Achievement (1977) - Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick
References
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