Rosanna Huffman (August 12, 1938 – May 20, 2016) was an American actress and voice-over artist. Huffman's film credits as a voice actress included Oliver & Company in 1988, The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989, FernGully: The Last Rainforest in 1992, and Babe in 1995.[1] She also appeared in recurring roles in Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues, and Murder One.[1] Huffman was the widow of Richard Levinson, the co-creator of Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, who died of a heart attack in 1987.[1]
Rosanna Huffman | |
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| Born | August 12, 1938 Timblin, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 2016 (aged 77) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, voiceover artist |
| Spouse | |
Huffman was born to Doras and Christine Huffman on August 12, 1938, in Timblin, Pennsylvania, a small coal mining town.[2] She moved to New York in the 1960s and was quickly cast in a lead role in the 1965 Broadway production of Half a Sixpence.[1][2]
She met Richard Levinson while attending a party. The couple married in 1969 and moved to Los Angeles, where Huffman soon won a lead role in a musical comedy, Jane Heights.[1] Later, during the 1970s, she guest-starred in two episodes of Columbo, including the episode "Suitable for Framing" (1971) in which she was cast as the partner of a murderous art critic portrayed by Ross Martin.[1] Huffman also appeared in seven episodes of Murder, She Wrote, another series created by Levinson over the course of a decade.[1] Additionally, she was cast in a recurring role on Hill Street Blues, playing the former wife of Joe Spano's character, Lt. Henry Goldblume.[1] Her other television credits, spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s, include the series The Big Valley, Mission: Impossible, Ellery Queen, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Cagney & Lacey, Tucker's Witch, and ER.[1]
Huffman died from pancreatic cancer at her home in Santa Monica, California, on May 20, 2016, at age 77.[1]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Bone | Secretary | |
| 1980 | Seems Like Old Times | Court Clerk | |
| 1985 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | Voice | |
| 1986 | The Ladies Club | Rona | |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Voice | |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Voice | |
| 1990 | White Palace | Voice | |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Voice | |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Mrs. Bridges | |
| 1995 | Babe | Sheep | Voice |
| 1995 | Cops n Roberts | ||
| 1996 | The Trigger Effect | Arguing Customer | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Mr. Bell's Assistant |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Martha | Season 2 Episode 17: ”Image of Yesterday” |
| 1967 | The Felony Squad | Nurse | Season 2 Episode 8: ”Hit and Run, Run, Run” |
| 1969 | Insight | Mariana | Season 1 Episode 308: ”Tuesday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week” |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Betty | Season 1 Episode 15: ”Sybil” |
| 1970 | Mission: Impossible | Guide | Season 5 Episode 8: ”Decoy” |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | The Maid of Honor | Season 2 Episode 17: ”segment: Love and the Serious Wedding” |
| 1971 | Sarge | Widow | Season 1 Episode 6: ”John Michael O'Flaherty Presents the Eleven O'Clock War” |
| 1971 | Columbo | Tracy O’Connor | Season 1 Episode 4: ”Suitable for Framing” |
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Hospital Receptionist | TV Movie |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Stella Wickley | Season 2 Episode 20: ”They've Got to Blame Somebody” |
| 1973 | Tenafly | Lorrie | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Griff | Ellie Dixon | Season 1 Episode 8: "Elephant in a Cage" |
| 1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Alice | Season 3 Episode 23: "Solitaire" |
| 1975 | Crime Club | Martha | TV Movie |
| 1975–1976 | Ellery Queen | Radio Actress / Nancy McGuire | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | The Feather & Father Gang | Helen | Season 1 Episode 13: "The Judas Bug" |
| 1978 | Richie Brockelman, Private Eye | Rena Brockelman | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Framing of Perfect Sydney" |
| 1978 | With This Ring | Photographer | TV Movie |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Judge | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Two Million Dollar Stowaway" |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Woman in Play | TV Movie |
| 1980 | Barnaby Jones | Gwen Kingsley | Season 8 Episode 19: "The Final Victim" |
| 1980 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | TV Movie | |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High | Mrs. Farrow | TV Movie |
| 1981 | Stand by Your Man | Mrs. Hadley | TV Movie |
| 1981–1984 | Hill Street Blues | Rachel Goldblume | 4 episodes |
| 1982 | Victims | TV Movie | |
| 1982 | Teachers Only | Evelyn Helmsley | Season 1 Episode 4: "Quote, Unquote" |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Diane Barringer | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon" |
| 1982 | Take Your Best Shot | Gail | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! | TV Movie | |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Minister | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Dempsey | Woman at door | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Day After | Dr. Wallenberg | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Awakening of Candra | Sara | TV Movie |
| 1984 | Passions | Maggie | TV Movie |
| 1984–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Eleanor Thompson / Connie Miles / Helen Stully / Dora Manchester / Miriam Harwood / Marge Brickman / Nell Carson | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | A Reason to Live | Felicia Massey | TV Movie |
| 1985 | Cover Up | ICU Nurse | Season 1 Episode 12: "Murder Offshore" |
| 1985 | Too Close for Comfort | Miss Fettison | Season 5 Episode 3: "My Son, the PhD" |
| 1985 | Scene of the Crime | Ellen | Season 1 Episode 4: "segment: The Medium is the Murder" |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Woman in Room 458 | Season 2 Episode 14: "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" |
| 1986 | Crossings | Mrs. Freilich Hillman | Miniseries (2 episodes) |
| 1986 | Triplecross | Museum Receptionist | TV Movie |
| 1986 | North and South – Book II: Love and War | Mrs. Reilly | Miniseries (Episode 1) |
| 1986 | Kate's Secret | Megan | TV Movie |
| 1987 | The Golden Girls | Stephanie | Season 2 Episode 15: "Before and After" |
| 1987 | The Wizard | Mrs. Curtis | Season 1 Episode 15: "Daydream Believer" |
| 1987 | Harry's Hong Kong | Mrs. Hamilton | TV Movie |
| 1987 | Mistress | Female Agent | TV Movie |
| 1988 | Family Ties | Alice | Season 6 Episode 17: "The Play's the Thing" |
| 1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Anne | Season 7 Episode 18: "Amends" |
| 1988 | I Saw What You Did | Mrs. Harris | TV Movie |
| 1989 | The Case of the Hillside Stranglers | Woman at Bus Stop | TV Movie |
| 1989 | Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Nun | Miniseries |
| 1989 | Nick Knight | Reporter #1 | TV Movie |
| 1990 | Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo | Mrs. Thornwood | TV Movie |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child | Mrs. Thacker | TV Movie |
| 1990 | Sisters | Mother | TV Movie |
| 1991 | Aftermath: A Test of Love | Leah | TV Movie |
| 1991 | The Boys | Carolyn | TV Movie |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | Lady | Season 1 Episode 10: ”Get a Job” |
| 1992 | Drive Like Lightning | TV Movie | |
| 1992 | Honor Thy Mother | Psychiatrist | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Juanita Kreps | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Empty Cradle | Dr. Genser | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Marcia Lassiter | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story | Lenore Walker | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Lyle’s Jury: Juror #1 | TV Movie |
| 1995 | My Brother’s Keeper | Loretta | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Murder One | Eleanor Iverson | 11 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1996 | Champs | Woman in restaurant | Season 1 Episode 6: "Live and Let Breathe" |
| 1996 | The Burning Zone | Passenger | Season 1 Episode 5: "Night Flight" |
| 1998 | Legalese | Teacher | TV Movie |
| 1999 | Night Ride Home | Iris | TV Movie |
| 1999 | 7th Heaven | Cheryl Carberry | Season 3 Episode 20: "All Dogs Go to Heaven" |
| 2000 | ER | Mrs. McNamara | Season 6 Episode 20: "Loose Ends" |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Barnes, Mike (May 27, 2014). "Rosanna Huffman, Actress and Voiceover Artist, Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ a b "Rosanna Levinson obituary". Los Angeles Times. May 26, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2016.