Rosemary Forsyth
Forsyth in 1966
Born	(1943-07-06)July 6, 1943 (age 81) Montreal,Quebec, Canada
Citizenship	Canada United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1963–2008
Known for	Laura Horton onDays of Our Lives
Spouse(s)	Michael Tolan (1966–1975) Ron Waranch (1972–1975) Alan Skip Horwits (1980–1983) Robert Yuro (1983–2020, his death)
Children	1

Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943)^[1][2] is a Canadian-born American actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1965 Western filmShenandoah, for which she receivedGolden Globe Award nomination forNew Star of the Year – Actress. Forsyth later starred in filmsThe War Lord (1965),Texas Across the River (1966),Where It's At (1969),What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969),Some Kind of a Nut (1969),How Do I Love Thee? (1970),Black Eye (1974) andGray Lady Down (1978).

Forsyth mostly acted in a made-for-television movies and series during the 1970s and 1980s. From 1976 to 1980, she playedLaura Horton on the NBC soap opera,Days of Our Lives. She went on to originate the role of Sophia Wayne Capwell in another soap opera,Santa Barbara in 1984. She later returned to film, playing supporting roles inDisclosure (1994),Daylight (1996),Valerie Flake (1999) andGhosts of Mars (2001).

Forsyth was born in Montreal, Quebec.^[3] Her father, David Forsyth,^[4] was Scots-Canadian; her mother was an Irish American^[5] who worked as a model in New York using her maiden name, Rosemary Collins.^[4] 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.^[3] Educated inStockbridge, Massachusetts,^[6] she added to her acting studies by attending theWynn Handman Drama School in New York.^[3] Before she became a model, she worked as a file clerk and a counselor at a camp.^[6]

Forsyth made her screen debut in 1963 on the television seriesRoute 66 as Claire in episode No. 101, "I Wouldn't Start from Here" and also that year had a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera,The Doctors. In 1964 she guest starred on the crime drama series,Mr. Broadway. A caption under Forsyth's picture in 1964Life magazine 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."^[7] Forsyth made her big screen debut in 1965 in the Western filmShenandoah fromUniversal Pictures asJames Stewart's daughter.^[8] In 1966, Forsyth was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year-Actress for her work inShenandoah.^[9] Later that year, Forsyth starred in the epic historical filmThe War Lord withCharlton Heston, playing the female lead.^[10]

In 1966, Forsyth played the female lead in the western comedy filmTexas Across the River withDean Martin andAlain Delon.^[11] Marrying actorMichael Tolan in 1966, Forsyth took an acting break to raise their daughter.^[12] She returned to cinema in 1969, starring alongsideDavid Janssen in the dramaWhere It's At forUnited Artists,^[13] neo-noir thrillerWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? oppositeGeraldine Page,^[14] and the comedySome Kind of a Nut alongsideDick Van Dyke andAngie Dickinson.^[15] In 1970, Forsyth starred in the box-office bomb comedy-drama film,How Do I Love Thee?.^[16] Later that year she starred alongsideGlenn Ford in the made-for-television drama film,The Brotherhood of the Bell.^[17] The following year she starred in the science fiction film and television pilotCity Beneath the Sea, and the spy filmThe Death of Me Yet.^[18] On the big screen, Forsyth made an uncredited cameo appearance in the 1973 Western comedyOne Little Indian, starred oppositeFred Williamson in the neo-noir action filmBlack Eye (1974), and with Heston again in the disaster filmGray Lady Down (1978).^[19]

During the 1970s, Forsyth mostly acted on television. She starred in a pilot for the television seriesIs There a Doctor in the House?, about a young city doctor who moves to the country to work with a crusty older doctor played byWilliam Windom,^[20]: 512 but the series was not picked up by the networks. She was featured in the 1971Columbo television series episode titled "Murder by the Book", directed bySteven Spielberg. She made appearances onNight Gallery,Kung Fu,Mannix,Barnaby Jones,Petrocelli,Charlie's Angels andCHiPs. From August 24, 1976 to March 25, 1980, Forsyth playedLaura Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera,Days of Our Lives, becoming the fourth actress to play the part.^[21] After leaving that soap, Forsyth guest-starred onThe Incredible Hulk,WKRP in Cincinnati,T. J. Hooker,Fantasy Island andMagnum, P.I.. In 1984, she was cast asSophia Wayne Capwell on the new NBC daytime soap opera,Santa Barbara. Forsyth left the series after 40 episodes on October 26 1984.^[22] The following year she had a recurring role as Ann McFadden in the CBS prime time soap opera,Dallas.^[20] In 1986 she appeared in the made-for-television action filmThe Gladiator. Since then, Forsyth appeared in made-for-television movies and series, notable having guest shots onMurder, She Wrote,JAG,Star Trek: Voyager,Chicago Hope,Dharma & Greg,ER andAlly McBeal.

In 1994, after a 16 year absence, Forsyth made her return to the big screen, playing mature supporting roles in the comedy filmExit to Eden based onAnne Rice'snovel of the same name, and the thriller filmDisclosure starringMichael Douglas based on a novel byMichael Crichton.^[23] She played a psychologist in the 1995 drama filmMelissa and played the head of a New York engineering company in the disaster filmDaylight (1996). She played mother roles in the filmsGirl (1998) andValerie Flake (1999).^[24] In 2001, Forsyth made her final big screen appearance in the space Western horror film,Ghosts of Mars.^[25] She has since appearanced onBoston Public,Monk,NYPD Blue andWithout a Trace, as well made-for-television filmsA Time to Remember (2003) andSweet Nothing in My Ear (2008).^[23] In 2003, Forsyth was elected to theScreen Actors Guild's Hollywood Division Board.^[26]

Forsyth was married to actorMichael Tolan.^[27] In 1972, she married Ron Waranch.^[28] In 1980, she married Alan Skip Horwits.^[29] In 1983 she married actor Robert Yuro, with whom she appeared in an episode ofMannix, and remained married to him until his death in 2020.^[30]

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