Mariclare Costello

Acting

Mariclare Costello

Born 1936-02-06 Peoria, Illinois, USA 24 films

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.

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Filmography

24 films
She Said No poster

A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court…

She Said No

★ 7.7 1990

Appearances poster

A drama centering on the joys, conflicts, and crises on a middle-class family and on its ex-footbal…

Appearances

★ 10.0 1990

Nightmares poster

A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the st…

Nightmares

★ 5.7 1983

Skeezer poster

A nurse-therapist uses her dog to reach emotionally disturbed children where she works.

Skeezer

★ 10.0 1982