Jane Rose


Jane Rose was an American character actress, perhaps best remembered as Audrey Dexter, the gently befuddled mother-in-law of Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom Phyllis.

Early life

A versatile actress, Jane Prim Rose was born on February 7, 1913, in Seattle. She attended the University of Washington, where future actress Frances Farmer was a classmate; Rose and Farmer were subsequently roommates in New York City in 1935.

Career

Rose, who worked with the New York Association for the Blind, also taught acting, and was a pioneer in the use of drama as therapy for the blind.
She appeared in the original Broadway productions of The Time of the Cuckoo, Orpheus Descending, and
The Gazebo, as well as a revival of Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House, in which she played Nurse Guinness. She also performed for the New York Shakespeare Festival in such productions as All's Well That Ends Well, Richard III, and Measure for Measure."
Her films included David Lean's Summertime, with Katharine Hepburn, Flipper, and I Walk the Line, with Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. Among her numerous TV credits were appearances on such shows as Robert Montgomery Presents, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Defenders, Route 66, All in the Family, Rhoda, Lou Grant, and Co-Ed Fever. In addition, she was featured on the daytime dramas Love of Life, Dark Shadows, The Secret Storm, and
Somerset.
In 1975, Rose was cast as Audrey Dexter, mother-in-law to Phyllis Lindstrom, on Phyllis. In 2005 – nearly thirty years after the show was cancelled – Rose was nominated for a TV Land Award as "Favorite Mother-in-Law."
Jane Rose's last seen performance was as Mrs. Bulfinch in the ABC miniseries . She died of cancer on June 29, 1979 at her home in Studio City, California. She was 66.

Filmography

Film

Television