Mariclare Costello

Actress

February 6, 1936 (90 years)

† April 17, 2026

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Biography

Mariclare Catherine Costello (February 3, 1936 – April 17, 2026) was an American actress. She was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Costello's most notable role was that of Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on the television series The Waltons, from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, after her role on The Waltons, she played matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on the short-lived drama show The Fitzpatricks.

Filmography

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Cassie Latham Burns

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

7.2

Chicago Hope

Mother Mary Catherine

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

7.2

The Waltons

Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

7.3

Lou Grant

Louise Larsen

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

6.9

Hart to Hart

Anita Boyer

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

7.2

The Incredible Hulk

Kay Wallace

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.

7.2

Kojak

Diane Gordon

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

6.4

Indecent Proposal

David's Mother

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.

6.0

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Senator Cunningham

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

7.5

The Fitzpatricks

Maggie Fitzpatrick

The Fitzpatricks is an American drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season. The series aired from September 5th, 1977 to January 10th, 1978. This show lasted only thirteen episodes, and was cancelled in 1978.

7.4

Ordinary People

Audrey

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

6.0

Raid on Entebbe

Gabrielle Krieger

Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.

8.7

The Gun

Beryl Strauss

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

5.7

Nightmares

Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")

A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.

6.2

Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Emily

Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.

7.7

She Said No

Susan Finn

A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and slander leaving her feeling raped again.

7.4

The Execution of Private Slovik

Antoinette Slovik

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

6.0

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

Ellen Mancini

The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

4.7

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

Louise Carpenter

A high school athlete is well on the road to becoming an alcoholic like his ex-hockey pro father until his teammate and best friend commits himself to saving him from his self-destructive habit.

6.5

All God's Children

Winnie Naponic

Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.