Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943) is a Canadian-born American
actress and model most notable for her role as Bronwyn opposite
Charlton Heston in The War Lord in 1965.Forsyth was born in Montreal,
Quebec. Her father, David Forsyth, was Scots-Canadian; her mother was
an Irish American who worked as a model in New York using her maiden
name, Rosemary Collins. Her parents separated when she was an infant,
and at five years of age she and her mother moved to New York. She
studied drama in high school and college and became a model as a
teenager. Educated in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, she added to her
acting studies by attending the Wynn Handman Drama School in New York.
Before she became a model, she worked as a file clerk and a counselor
at a camp.A caption under Forsyth's picture in Life reported,
"Rosemary ... was plucked out of a magazine by Universal, then sent to
New York for 18 months to act in TV, summer stock, anywhere she could
find seasoning jobs." She made her acting debut in 1963 on the TV
series Route 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start from
Here". She made her film debut in 1965 in Shenandoah from Universal
Pictures as James Stewart's daughter.
actress and model most notable for her role as Bronwyn opposite
Charlton Heston in The War Lord in 1965.Forsyth was born in Montreal,
Quebec. Her father, David Forsyth, was Scots-Canadian; her mother was
an Irish American who worked as a model in New York using her maiden
name, Rosemary Collins. Her parents separated when she was an infant,
and at five years of age she and her mother moved to New York. She
studied drama in high school and college and became a model as a
teenager. Educated in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, she added to her
acting studies by attending the Wynn Handman Drama School in New York.
Before she became a model, she worked as a file clerk and a counselor
at a camp.A caption under Forsyth's picture in Life reported,
"Rosemary ... was plucked out of a magazine by Universal, then sent to
New York for 18 months to act in TV, summer stock, anywhere she could
find seasoning jobs." She made her acting debut in 1963 on the TV
series Route 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start from
Here". She made her film debut in 1965 in Shenandoah from Universal
Pictures as James Stewart's daughter.
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