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Mariclare Costello

Mariclare Costello

Actor · 1936–2026 · Peoria, Illinois, USA

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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.

Acted in 31

2000s

  1. 2000

    Shadow of the Blair Witch

    Kathy Patterson

1980s

  1. 1987

    American Harvest

    Mary Alice Duncan

  2. 1985

    Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

    Ellen Mancini

  3. 1984

    Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

    Jane Bladow

  4. 1983
  5. 1982

    Skeezer

    Barbara Thompson

  6. 1981
  7. 1980
  8. All God's Children

    Winnie Naponic

  9. The Boy Who Drank Too Much

    Louise Carpenter

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1977
  3. The Fitzpatricks

    Maggie Fitzpatrick · 13 episodes

  4. A Sensitive, Passionate Man

    Pat Morris

  5. 1976

    Raid on Entebbe

    Gabrielle Krieger

  6. Territorial Men

    Julia Baker

  7. 1975

    Conspiracy of Terror

    Mrs. Warnall

  8. 1974

    After the Fall

    Louise

  9. The Gun

    Beryl Strauss

  10. The Execution of Private Slovik

    Antoinette Slovik

  11. 1973
  12. 1972
  13. 1971

    Let's Scare Jessica to Death

    Emily

  14. 1970

    Pound

    Honky Killer's Wife

Appearances1

1970s

  1. 1972

    Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus

    Herself - Narrator