
Mariclare Costello
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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.
Known for
Credits

Indecent Proposal (1993)
as David's Mother

Ordinary People (1980)
as Audrey

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
as Senator Cunningham

Nightmares (1983)
as Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")

American Harvest (1987)
as Mary Alice Duncan

Raid on Entebbe (1976)
as Gabrielle Krieger

Coward of the County (1981)
as Emma Spencer

The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
as Antoinette Slovik

She Said No (1990)
as Susan Finn

Conspiracy of Terror (1975)
as Mrs. Warnall

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
as Emily

The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980)
as Louise Carpenter

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985)
as Ellen Mancini

Pound (1970)
as Honky Killer's Wife

The Gun (1974)
as Beryl Strauss

A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977)
as Pat Morris

All God's Children (1980)
as Winnie Naponic

After the Fall (1974)
as Louise

Skeezer (1982)
as Barbara Thompson

Territorial Men (1976)
as Julia Baker

Shadow of the Blair Witch (2000)
as Kathy Patterson

Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus (1972)
as Herself - Narrator

Appearances (1990)
as Rose

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)
as Jane Bladow





