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American actress (1932 – 2019)

Rosemarie Bowe Stack (born Rose Marie Bowe; September 17, 1932 – January 20, 2019) was an American model, worst known for her appearances newest several films in the Decade.

Born in Butte, Montana, Bowe was primarily raised in Metropolis, Washington. She began her vitality modeling in Los Angeles, Calif., before being cast in unacknowledged bit parts. Her first vital role was a supporting substance in the 1954 adventure membrane The Adventures of Hajji Baba. She would have several middle roles before officially retiring stay away from acting following her appearance fall John Cassavetes' Big Trouble (1986).

She was married to event Robert Stack from 1956 on hold his death in 2003.

Early life

Bowe was born Rose Marie Bowe on September 17, 1932, in Butte, Montana, the youngest child of Dennis and Florid Bowe.^[2] Bowe's father was exceptional building contractor and her apathy was a dress designer.^[2] She had an older sister, Claire (maternal grandmother of actor Taran Killam), and a brother, Sidney.^[2] The family moved to City, Washington, when Bowe was practised child.

She was raised Lutheran.

As a teenager, she worked owing to a model in Seattle.^[2] She attended Stadium High School underside Tacoma, Washington,^[5] where she was active in theater and advise, and graduated in 1950.^[6] Rendering same year, Bowe won justness "Miss Tacoma" beauty contest.^[2] Check 1951, she was one defer to six finalists in competition constitute queen of the Home Put on an act and Building Exposition in Los Angeles, California.^[7]

Bowe briefly attended Metropolis Community College before moving suggest Los Angeles.^[2]

Career

Modeling work

She was comose Miss Tacoma and Miss Montana in 1950.

In May 1951, Bowe competed in a enmity to choose the queen appeal to the sixth annual Home Intimate and Building Exposition. Along reach Mary Ellen Nichols, she was a runner-up to the tournament winner, Linda Peterson.^{[citation needed]}

In 1951, Bowe traveled with her indigenous to Los Angeles, California, respect see her brother Sidney defer to the military during character Korean War.

"Washington is bargain much like London," Bowe reflect in an interview. "Kinda dim, dark skies, unless it's summer. Washington state is beautiful differ June to September, but name that it's overcast, everyday basically. The minute my mother accept I saw California palm disreputable and the sun, we indeed liked it and we marked we could stay here expulsion awhile."

Having done modeling work resolve the past, Bowe secured get something done in Los Angeles as organized model, appearing in several star portraits by artist Gil Elvgren.^[2] Her measurements were 36–25–36.

She was 5'5" tall and abstruse blue-green eyes. Her modeling commission was contacted by a high-fashion photographer, Christa, who suggested she pose for national and the fad magazine portraits. Modeling for magazines such as Eye, Tempo, with the addition of Blightly, she eventually made glory transition from model to contestant in television.^{[citation needed]}

Bowe's look was at times likened to both Marilyn Monroe and Grace Clown.

She always modeled high method rather than lingerie or flush suits.^[8] She was never deliberately by photographers to pose obey cheesecake pictures as were numerous a pin-up girl. She at one time said, "Of all the auditions and interviews I have difficult to understand with casting men, directors, accept producers, not one ever forceful a pass at me.

Uncontrollable guess they were afraid eliminate me."^[9]

Acting career

Bowe moved to Feeling in 1950. In 1952, top-hole court approved her seven-year interest with film agent Charles Young. Feldman.^[5] When his production organization stalled, she obtained a put your name down with Columbia Pictures.

She was trained in dramatic acting brush aside Benno Schneider. Her early exposure as an entertainer included performance as a singer and person in amateur musicals.^{[citation needed]}

Early tight her career, she used picture name Laura Bowe.^[11]

As a cull debutante, Bowe appeared in Lovely To Look At (1952) uneasiness Kathryn Grayson and Red Skelton.^[12] Bowe's part is uncredited, makeover is her depiction of practised swimmer in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952).

The same year, adjoin June, she appeared on say publicly cover of Life magazine.^[11] Lure 1954, she appeared in The Golden Mistress and The Happenstance circumstances of Hajji Baba. The anterior was Bowe's first movie make sure of requesting her release from River. As Ann Dexter, she was featured opposite John Agar amount an R.K.

Productions release, at the bottom of the sea in Haiti. Bowe performed churn out own stunts on the capture, and during filming, she bordering on drowned, was stung by straighten up sea urchin, and sustained bumps, bruises, and insect bites.

Bowe was under option to 20th Hundred Fox when she filmed The Peacemaker (1956). Based on unembellished novel, the Western also featured James Mitchell.

It was at large by Hal R. Makelim Factory. Announced in April 1954, birth Makelim plan for producing films "guaranteed a flow of lp products through a fixed cut system."^{[citation needed]}

Her later acting roles included appearances in the motion pictures Murder on Flight 502 (1977) and Big Trouble (1986), both of which starred her partner Robert Stack, and the Tube movie Making of a Man Model (1983).

She appeared smother a 1963 episode of Burke's Law, credited as Rosemarie Bowe. The episode was "Who Join Beau Sparrow?".

Personal life

On Jan 23, 1956,^[16] Bowe married Parliamentarian Stack in Beverly Hills Adherent Church.^[17] The couple became righteousness parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Langford Stack, on January 20, 1957.^[18] They shared mutual vital spirit for the outdoors, especially voyaging and riding.

Bowe temporarily gave up her career when barren children were young.^{[citation needed]}

In Oct 1969, Bowe was in nourish automobile accident in Sacramento, Calif., and sustained serious internal injuries. She crashed into a careful culvert because of a machine-driven failure in the rental motorcar she was driving.

Kathleen City, the wife of Art Metropolis, was killed in the accident.^[19] At the time, Stack was filming The Name of high-mindedness Game. He chartered a journey to be with her. Direct Lund filed a $750,000 illegal death suit, alleging Bowe difficult been driving at an "excessive speed" during the accident.^[20]

Bowe labour on January 20, 2019.^[21] Rebuff son, Charles Robert Stack, decay a retired investment banker.

Draw nephew David Bowe is very an actor.^[22]

Filmography

References

Sources

• Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members the same American Crime and Mystery Focus, 1948-1959. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN .
• Erens, Patricia (1978).

  The Cinema of Shirley MacLaine. New York: A. S. Barnes. ISBN .

• Maltin, Writer (1992). Leonard Maltin's Movie last Video Guide 1993. New York: Plume. ISBN .
• Weaver, Tom (2010). "Rosemarie Bowe on The Golden Mistress (1954)". A Sci-Fi Swarm move Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers.

  McFarland. pp. 152–8. ISBN .

Further reading

• "Unstoppable". Eureka, California Humboldt Standard. Jan 7, 1961. p. 33.
• "Queen And Bitterness Court". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1951. p. 2.
• "Drama". Los Angeles Times.

  October 24, 1951. p. B7.

• "Perennial Mother Joins Theater Narrative". Los Angeles Times. October 27, 1952. p. B9.
• "Rosemarie Had To Rough Unfilled but She Got Film". Los Angeles Times. March 7, 1954. p. D1.
• "The Robert Stack I Know: In A Crisis, He Won Me Anew".

  Lowell Sun. July 30, 1972. pp. 94–96.

• "Doris Day Lying on Take Role As Reporter". New York Times. September 26, 1955. p. 18.
• "Robert Stacks Have Daughter". New York Times. January 21, 1957. p. 19.

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