Rosemary Forsyth

Rosemary Forsyth
Forsyth in 1966
Born (1943-07-06) July 6, 1943 (age 81)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2008
Known forLaura Horton on Days of Our Lives
Spouse(s)Michael Tolan
(1966–1975)
Ron Waranch
(1972–1975)
Alan Skip Horwits
(1980–1983)
Robert Yuro
(1983–2020, his death)
Children1

Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943)[1][2] is a Canadian-born American actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1965 Western film Shenandoah, for which she received Golden Globe Award nomination for New Star of the Year – Actress. Forsyth later starred in films The 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) and Gray Lady Down (1978).

Forsyth mostly acted in a made-for-television movies and series during the 1970s and 1980s. From 1976 to 1980, she played Laura 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 in Disclosure (1994), Daylight (1996), Valerie Flake (1999) and Ghosts of Mars (2001).

  1. ^ Brett, Pauly (July 24, 1995). "TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT REUNITES WITH LIFE-SAVING S.F. OFFICER". Los Angeles Daily News. p. N1. ProQuest 281562155. 'She's there if you ever have a problem. She's there to listen,' said actress Rosemary Forsyth, another friend. [...] 'Right after the surgery, she said to me, "I don't think I'll be able to take you out for your birthday (on July 6),"' Forsyth said. 'That's beautiful.'
  2. ^ "Actress Wants Real He-Men". Spokesman-Review. November 1, 1964. p. 14F. Retrieved March 26, 2024. "I'm only 21, but all the men I meet want me to mother them."