Rosanna Huffman
{{short description|American actress (1938–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Rosanna Huffman
|birth_date={{birth date|1938|08|12}}
|birth_place=Timblin, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2016|05|20|1938|08|12}}
|death_place=Santa Monica, California, U.S.
|occupation=Actress, voiceover artist
|spouse={{marriage|Richard Levinson
|1969|1987|reason=his death}}
}}
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.{{cite news|first=Mike |last=Barnes |title=Rosanna Huffman, Actress and Voiceover Artist, Dies at 77 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rosanna-huffman-dead-richard-levinson-898129 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=2016-06-16}} She also appeared in recurring roles in Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues, and Murder One. Huffman was the widow of Richard Levinson, the co-creator of Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, who died of a heart attack in 1987.
Huffman was born to Doras and Christine Huffman on August 12, 1938, in Timblin, Pennsylvania, a small coal mining town.{{cite news|title=Rosanna Levinson obituary |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=180127392 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=2016-06-16}} 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.
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. 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. Huffman also appeared in seven episodes of Murder, She Wrote, another series created by Levinson over the course of a decade. Additionally, she was cast in a recurring role on Hill Street Blues, playing the former wife of Joe Spano's character, Lt. Henry Goldblume. 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.
Huffman died from pancreatic cancer at her home in Santa Monica, California, on May 20, 2016, at age 77.
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
| 1972 | Bone | Secretary | |
| 1980 | Seems Like Old Times | Court Clerk | |
| 1985 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | Voice | |
| 1986 | {{sortname|The|Ladies Club}} | Rona | |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Voice | |
| 1989 | {{sortname|The|Fabulous Baker Boys}} | Voice | |
| 1990 | White Palace | Voice | |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Voice | |
| 1992 | {{sortname|The|Distinguished Gentleman}} | Mrs. Bridges | |
| 1995 | Babe | Sheep | Voice |
| 1995 | Cops n Roberts | ||
| 1996 | {{sortname|The|Trigger Effect}} | Arguing Customer | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Mr. Bell's Assistant |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1967
|{{sortname|The|Big Valley}} |Martha |Season 2 Episode 17: ”Image of Yesterday” |
| 1967
|{{sortname|The|Felony Squad}} |Nurse |Season 2 Episode 8: ”Hit and Run, Run, Run” |
| 1969
|Mariana |Season 1 Episode 308: ”Tuesday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week” |
| 1969
|Betty |Season 1 Episode 15: ”Sybil” |
| 1970
|Guide |Season 5 Episode 8: ”Decoy” |
| 1971
|The Maid of Honor |Season 2 Episode 17: ”segment: Love and the Serious Wedding” |
| 1971
|Widow |Season 1 Episode 6: ”John Michael O'Flaherty Presents the Eleven O'Clock War” |
| 1971
|Tracy O’Connor |Season 1 Episode 4: ”Suitable for Framing” |
| 1972
|{{sortname|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
|Lorrie |3 episodes |
| 1973
|Ellie Dixon |Season 1 Episode 8: "Elephant in a Cage" |
| 1975
|{{sortname|The|Streets of San Francisco}} |Alice |Season 3 Episode 23: "Solitaire" |
| 1975
|Crime Club |Martha |TV Movie |
| 1975–1976
|Radio Actress / Nancy McGuire |2 episodes |
| 1977
|{{sortname|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
|{{sortname|The|Eddie Capra Mysteries}} |Judge |Season 1 Episode 9: "The Two Million Dollar Stowaway" |
| 1979
|Woman in Play |TV Movie |
| 1980
|Gwen Kingsley |Season 8 Episode 19: "The Final Victim" |
| 1980
|Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | |TV Movie |
| 1981
|Mrs. Farrow |TV Movie |
| 1981
|Mrs. Hadley |TV Movie |
| 1981–1984
|Rachel Goldblume |4 episodes |
| 1982
| |TV Movie |
| 1982
|Evelyn Helmsley |Season 1 Episode 4: "Quote, Unquote" |
| 1982
|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
|{{sortname|The|Other Woman|The Other Woman (1983 film)}} |Minister |TV Movie |
| 1983
|Woman at door |TV Movie |
| 1983
|{{sortname|The|Day After}} |Dr. Wallenberg |TV Movie |
| 1983
|{{sortname|The|Awakening of Candra|nolink=1}} |Sara |TV Movie |
| 1984
|Maggie |TV Movie |
| 1984–1994
|Eleanor Thompson / Connie Miles / Helen Stully / Dora Manchester / Miriam Harwood / Marge Brickman / Nell Carson |7 episodes |
| 1985
|Felicia Massey |TV Movie |
| 1985
|ICU Nurse |Season 1 Episode 12: "Murder Offshore" |
| 1985
|Miss Fettison |Season 5 Episode 3: "My Son, the PhD" |
| 1985
|Ellen |Season 1 Episode 4: "segment: The Medium is the Murder" |
| 1986
|Woman in Room 458 |Season 2 Episode 14: "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" |
| 1986
|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
|Megan |TV Movie |
| 1987
|{{sortname|The|Golden Girls}} |Stephanie |Season 2 Episode 15: "Before and After" |
| 1987
|{{sortname|The|Wizard|The Wizard (TV series)}} |Mrs. Curtis |Season 1 Episode 15: "Daydream Believer" |
| 1987
|Mrs. Hamilton |TV Movie |
| 1987
|Female Agent |TV Movie |
| 1988
|Alice |Season 6 Episode 17: "The Play's the Thing" |
| 1988
|Anne |Season 7 Episode 18: "Amends" |
| 1988
|Mrs. Harris |TV Movie |
| 1989
|{{sortname|The|Case of the Hillside Stranglers|nolink=1}} |Woman at Bus Stop |TV Movie |
| 1989
|Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North |Nun |
| 1989
|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
|{{sortname|The|Boys|The Boys (1991 film)}} |Carolyn |TV Movie |
| 1991
|Lady |Season 1 Episode 10: ”Get a Job” |
| 1992
|Drive Like Lightning | |TV Movie |
| 1992
|Psychiatrist |TV Movie |
| 1993
|Juanita Kreps |TV Movie |
| 1993
|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
|Eleanor Iverson |11 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1996
|Woman in restaurant |Season 1 Episode 6: "Live and Let Breathe" |
| 1996
|{{sortname|The|Burning Zone}} |Passenger |Season 1 Episode 5: "Night Flight" |
| 1998
|Legalese |Teacher |TV Movie |
| 1999
|Iris |TV Movie |
| 1999
|Cheryl Carberry |Season 3 Episode 20: "All Dogs Go to Heaven" |
| 2000
|ER |Mrs. McNamara |Season 6 Episode 20: "Loose Ends" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0400294|name=Rosanna Huffman}}
- {{find a Grave|163391257}}
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