Rosella Towne

{{short description|American actress (1918–2014)}}

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| name = Rosella Towne

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| birthname = Rosella Townsend

| birth_date = January 20, 1918

| birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, United States

| death_date =August 29, 2014 (aged 96)

| death_place = Hamden, Connecticut, United States

| occupation = Film actress

| yearsactive = 1937–1943}}

Rosella Towne (January 20, 1918 – August 29, 2014) was an American film actress. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Her film career began in 1937, after making a screen test for Warner Bros. and signing a contract for the studio. At first she made minor appearances in motion pictures such as Varsity Show, It's Love I'm After and Submarine D-1. She studied with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater.{{Cite journal |date=1938 |title=Briefs for Fillers |url=https://archive.org/details/pressbook-wb-blondes-at-work/page/n1/mode/2up?q=%22neely+dickson%22 |journal=Warner Brothers Pressbook |pages=3 |via=The Internet Archive, archive.org}} In 1939, she got her first leading role when she was chosen to play the part of comic-strip character Jane Arden in a film adaption.{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19381104&id=GvBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tFQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477,6672883 | title=Will be Jane Arden on screen | publisher=The Evening Independent | date=November 4, 1938 | accessdate=March 2, 2014}} While touted by critics as a future star,{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19380526&id=crIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=65sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2127,5536739 | title=Fame ahead? | publisher=Reading Eagle | date=May 26, 1938 | accessdate=March 2, 2014}} Towne retired from showbusiness after marrying Harry Kronman, a Hollywood producer, in 1942.{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3988465/|title=The Evening Independent from Massillon, Ohio on January 9, 1942 · Page 1|website=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5rhDAQAAIAAJ&q=Rosella+Towne+Kronman|title=Broadcasting|date=1 January 1942|publisher=Broadcasting Publications.|via=Google Books}} She died on August 29, 2014, aged 96.{{cite web|url=http://dialmformovies.net/2014/12/24/rosella-towne-1918-2014/|title=Rosella towne (1918-2014)|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701171549/http://dialmformovies.net/2014/12/24/rosella-towne-1918-2014/|archive-date=2015-07-01|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/massillon/evening-independent/1942/01-09/ | title=Actress weds, quits films | publisher=The Evening Independent | date=January 9, 1942 | accessdate=April 24, 2014}}{{Cite web |url=http://whitneycenter.com/2014/10/memorial-service-rosella-kronman |title=Memorial Service for Rosella Kronman - Whitney Center |access-date=2014-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225092159/http://whitneycenter.com/2014/10/memorial-service-rosella-kronman/ |archive-date=2014-12-25 |url-status=dead }} Towne was cremated.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=Rosella+Towne+cremated&pg=PA754|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|first=Scott|last=Wilson|date=19 August 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|via=Google Books}}