Dick Van Dyke Show star Rose Marie dies at 94

Actress Rose Marie in 2005.
(Image credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Actress and singer Rose Marie, who starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show and appeared on The Hollywood Squares for 14 years, died Thursday at her home in California. She was 94.

Born Rose Marie Mazetta on Aug. 15, 1923, she started her career in acting and singing at age three, performing on stage at New York's Mecca Theater. She was dubbed "Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder," and appeared on the NBC Radio Network. In the 1930s, Marie toured in vaudeville, and in the 1940s, performed in nightclubs and theaters, and was co-headliner on opening night of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.