Rosemary Prinz

Prinz was born in The Bronx, New York.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} Her father was cellist Milton Prinz, who performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra and was the founder of the New York String Quartet.{{Cite book |last1=Rout |first1=Nancy E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzQlimPTTEMC |title=The Soap Opera Book: Who's Who in Daytime Drama |last2=Buckley |first2=Ellen |publisher=Todd Publications |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-915344-23-9 |pages=217}} Prinz later taped How to Survive a Marriage in the same studio where her father had performed with Arturo Toscanini.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In 1947, at age sixteen, Prinz made her professional acting debut in Dream Girl at the Craigsmoor Summer Theatre. Her father gave her permission to finish high school early. She was cast in a touring production of Joan of Lorraine, co-starring with Diana Barrymore. She later joined touring productions of Kiss and Tell, Glad Tidings, and The Second Man. In 1948, she starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina.{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2003 |title=Flat Rock Playhouse: A timeline of people and events |url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2003/04/06/flat-rock-playhouse-a-timeline-of-people-and-events/28131322007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925195324/https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2003/04/06/flat-rock-playhouse-a-timeline-of-people-and-events/28131322007/ |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=blueridgenow.com}}

She made her Broadway debut as First Girl Scout in the original production of The Grey-Eyed People, opening on December 17, 1952 at the Martin Beck Theatre.{{Cite web |title=The Grey-Eyed People |url=https://playbill.com/production/the-grey-eyed-people-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008276 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221061342/https://playbill.com/production/the-grey-eyed-people-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008276 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=September 24, 2024 |website=Playbill}} Prinz played Amy on the NBC soap opera First Love from 1954 to 1955. She guest starred on The Mickey Rooney Show. She appeared as Pandore in the original Broadway production of Tonight in Samarkand. The play opened at the Morosco Theatre on February 16, 1955.{{Cite web |title=Tonight in Samarkand |url=https://playbill.com/production/tonight-in-samarkand-morosco-theatre-vault-0000002436 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713042714/https://playbill.com/production/tonight-in-samarkand-morosco-theatre-vault-0000002436 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Playbill}}

She was cast in the contract role of Penny Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, appearing in the show's first episode on April 2, 1956.{{Cite web |title=Who's Who in Oakdale: Penelope Hughes Baker Wade McGuire Cunningham |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/as-the-world-turns/whoswho/penelope.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210233731/https://www.soapcentral.com/as-the-world-turns/whoswho/penelope.php |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |access-date=September 24, 2024 |website=Soap Central}}{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials|publisher=New York Zoetrope|author=Vincent Terrace|year=1985|isbn=978-0918432612}} In the beginning, the show taped a half-hour episode live every day. The character of Penny was paired romantically with Jeff Baker (Mark Rydell). They were daytime's first teen romance, breaking up and reuniting many times. The couple finally married and planned to adopt a child. Their storyline ended when Jeff was killed in a car crash and Penny suffered from amnesia.{{cite book|title=No End to Her: Soap Opera and the Female Subject|publisher=University of California Press|author=Martha Nochimson|year=1993|isbn=978-0520077713|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/noendtohersoapop0000noch}}File:Rosemary prinz as the world turns.JPGPrinz sparred with Irna Phillips, the creator and writer of As the World Turns.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2009 |title=Irna Phillips, The Mother of Daytime Drama |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irna-phillips-the-mother-of-daytime-drama/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205045835/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irna-phillips-the-mother-of-daytime-drama/ |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |accessdate=November 30, 2022 |website=CBS News}} She has said that Phillips would become angry when she took roles in theatrical productions. She also didn't want her to smoke or drink, because it was something that Penny wouldn't do. Prinz has said, "I was supposed to be Penny all the time."{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Sara |date=December 13, 2009 |title=When the World Began |url=https://nypost.com/2009/12/13/when-the-world-began/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922214706/https://nypost.com/2009/12/13/when-the-world-began/ |archive-date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=New York Post}}

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, ATWT was preempted by news coverage for four days. When the show began airing again, Prinz asked if she could make a reference to it on the air. She was told not to, but she improvised a line anyway, saying "Grandpa, here we are talking about Tommy, and after all the country's been through for the last four days."

From December 1967 to January 1968, Prinz starred in A Girl Could Get Lucky at The Little Theatre on the Square.{{Cite web |title="A Girl Could Get Lucky" starring Rosemary Prinz |url=https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1967_programsphotos/13/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145130/https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1967_programsphotos/13/ |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=The Keep - Eastern Illinois University}} The stress of working on ATWT and the conflicts with Irna Phillips caused her to have a nervous breakdown. She sought help from a psychoanalyst and decided to leave the show when her contract ended in 1968. Phillips' last revenge on her was to have the character of Penny steal her brother's child and go to England. The role was briefly recast with actress Phoebe Dorin.

From 1968 to 1969, Prinz played Ella in a touring production of The Apple Tree, co-starring with Tom Ewell.{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1969 |title=Exciting Scenic Effects for 'Apple Tree,' Coming February 20 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/9509554/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925204517/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/9509554/ |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |pages=60}} She played Audrey Trowbridge in a Broadway revival of Three Men on a Horse. The play opened at the Lyceum Theatre on October 16, 1969.{{Cite web |title=Three Men on a Horse |url=https://playbill.com/production/three-men-on-a-horse-lyceum-theatre-vault-0000013078 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529000621/https://playbill.com/production/three-men-on-a-horse-lyceum-theatre-vault-0000013078 |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She returned to television, playing Amy Tyler on the ABC soap opera All My Children. She was an original cast member on the show, which premiered in January 1970. The character was a liberal peace activist.{{Cite web |last=Harrington |first=Stephanie |date=February 22, 1970 |title=Will Amy Work for Peace? Will Phillip Enlist? Will.... |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/22/archives/will-amy-work-for-peace-will-phillip-enlist-will-will-amy-work-for.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925185225/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/22/archives/will-amy-work-for-peace-will-phillip-enlist-will-will-amy-work-for.html |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Prinz only agreed to play the role for six months, on the condition that the show's creator, Agnes Nixon, have the character protest the Vietnam War and support Martin Luther King Jr.{{Cite web |last=Hirsch |first=Lynda |date=January 31, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Rosemary Prinz opens up on advice not taken, ideas stolen, and other daytime secrets |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/all-my-children/news/2010/0201-prinz_hirsch.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128035234/https://www.soapcentral.com/all-my-children/news/2010/0201-prinz_hirsch.php |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Soap Central}}

In the early 1970s, she appeared in a touring production of Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Prinz played Edna Edison in the original Broadway production of The Prisoner of Second Avenue. She replaced Barbara Barrie in the role.{{Cite web |title=The Prisoner of Second Avenue |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/the-prisoner-of-second-avenue-eugene-oneill-theatre-vault-0000004724 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423020704/https://www.playbill.com/production/the-prisoner-of-second-avenue-eugene-oneill-theatre-vault-0000004724 |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In 1972, she co-starred with Robin Strasser in This Child is Mine, an episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=December 8, 1972 |title=TV Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/08/archives/tv-review-court-drama-enlivens-afternoon-viewing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927193631/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/08/archives/tv-review-court-drama-enlivens-afternoon-viewing.html |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} She played Dr. Julie Franklin on the NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage from 1974 to 1975. She starred in Mame at The Little Theatre on the Square in 1974.{{Cite web |title=1974 Programs: Mame |url=https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1974_programs/5/#gsc.tab=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727091510/https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1974_programs/5/#gsc.tab=0 |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=The Keep - Eastern Illinois University}} In 1975, she starred in Gypsy at the same venue.{{Cite web |title=Gypsy starring Rosemary Prinz |url=https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1975_programsphotos/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531161401/https://thekeep.eiu.edu/little_theatre_1975_programsphotos/2/ |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=The Keep - Eastern Illinois University}}

In December 1977, she starred as Doris in Same Time, Next Year at New York's Studio Arena Theater.{{Cite news |date=December 6, 1977 |title=Studio Arena Theatre |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=see19771206-01.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=September 25, 2024 |work=The Element |pages=8}} Prinz appeared as Maggie Stratton in the original Broadway production of Tribute, co-starring with Jack Lemmon.{{Cite web |date=June 2, 1978 |title=Theater: Lemmon Stars in 'Tribute' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/02/archives/theater-lemmon-stars-in-tribute.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230011535/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/02/archives/theater-lemmon-stars-in-tribute.html |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} The play opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on June 1, 1978.{{Cite web |title=Tribute |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/tribute-brooks-atkinson-theatre-vault-0000008032 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508210035/https://www.playbill.com/production/tribute-brooks-atkinson-theatre-vault-0000008032 |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She guest starred on Laverne & Shirley, Hart to Hart, and Archie Bunker's Place. Prinz had a recurring role on Knots Landing.{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2009 |title=Former As The World Turns Star Rosemary Prinz In Lost In Yonkers |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/as-the-world-turns/news/5986/former-as-the-world-turns-star-rosemary-prinz-in-lo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828041719/https://soaps.sheknows.com/as-the-world-turns/news/5986/former-as-the-world-turns-star-rosemary-prinz-in-lo/ |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=soaps.sheknows.com}} She played Maryanne in Amidst the Gladiolas at New York's Lion Theatre in December 1981.{{Cite web |last=Corry |first=John |date=December 8, 1981 |title=Stage: 'Amidst the Gladiolas,' Italian Brooklyn |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/08/theater/stage-amidst-the-gladiolas-italian-brooklyn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524080733/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/08/theater/stage-amidst-the-gladiolas-italian-brooklyn.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} In 1982, she played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Sharon Playhouse in Connecticut.{{Cite web |last=Corry |first=John |date=July 16, 1982 |title=Summer Stage Season Hits its Stride |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/16/theater/summer-stage-season-hits-its-stride.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524110012/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/16/theater/summer-stage-season-hits-its-stride.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

In September 1983, she starred as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.{{Cite web |title=The Glass Menagerie |url=https://www.repstl.org/archive/detail/the-glass-menagerie-83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419192920/https://www.repstl.org/archive/detail/the-glass-menagerie-83 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=repstl.org}} Throughout her career, Prinz has starred in five productions of The Glass Menagerie, including one in Japan. She returned to As the World Turns for a brief appearance in 1985. She then returned for a longer stint, airing from March 29, 1986 until April 1987.

In July 1986, Prinz co-starred with Fannie Flagg in a female version of The Odd Couple at the Westport Country Playhouse.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Alvin |date=June 29, 1986 |title=A Potpourri of Plays for the Summer |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/29/nyregion/a-potpourri-of-plays-for-the-summer.html?pagewanted=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803141237/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/29/nyregion/a-potpourri-of-plays-for-the-summer.html?pagewanted=2 |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} In 1987, she played M'Lynn Eatenton in the original Off-Broadway production of Steel Magnolias.{{Cite web |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=March 27, 1987 |title=Stage: 'Steel Magnolias,' a Louisiana Story |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/theater/stage-steel-magnolias-a-louisiana-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109052522/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/theater/stage-steel-magnolias-a-louisiana-story.html |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} The play had an extended run at the WP Theater and reopened at the Lucille Lortel Theatre during the summer of 1987.{{cite web |author=Kaufman |first=David |date=September 13, 1987 |title=Six 'Steel Magnolias' Are Blooming Onstage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/theater/six-steel-magnolias-are-blooming-onstage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105062420/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/theater/six-steel-magnolias-are-blooming-onstage.html |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |accessdate=January 20, 2020 |work=The New York Times}} In 1988, Prinz returned to television, playing the recurring role of Sister Mary Joel on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope.

In the Fall of 1989, she co-starred with Ted Lange in a national tour of Driving Miss Daisy.{{Cite web |last=Raidy |first=William A. |date=August 27, 1989 |title='Driving Miss Daisy' is Going Great Guns |url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/8/27/18821725/driving-miss-daisy-is-going-great-guns/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925200613/https://www.deseret.com/1989/8/27/18821725/driving-miss-daisy-is-going-great-guns/ |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Deseret News}} In April 1990, she played Evelyn in Tales of the Lost Formicans at New York's Apple Corps Theater.{{Cite web |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=April 29, 1990 |title=Review/Theater; 80's Suburbia as Seen by Extraterrestrials |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/29/theater/review-theater-80-s-suburbia-as-seen-by-extraterrestrials.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525205115/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/29/theater/review-theater-80-s-suburbia-as-seen-by-extraterrestrials.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Prinz starred in A Perfect Ganesh at Connecticut's TheaterWorks in October and November 1995.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Alvin |date=September 24, 1995 |title=With Lines Old or New, Actors at Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/nyregion/with-lines-old-or-new-actors-at-work.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526145204/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/nyregion/with-lines-old-or-new-actors-at-work.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

She played Virginia in Three Viewings at TheaterWorks in June 1996.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Alvin |date=June 9, 1996 |title=Theater;A Trio of Monologues, Corpses and Characters |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/09/nyregion/theater-a-trio-of-monologues-corpses-and-characters.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526162750/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/09/nyregion/theater-a-trio-of-monologues-corpses-and-characters.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} In October 1996, she appeared in Avow at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse.{{Cite web |last=Lefkowitz |first=David |date=May 15, 1997 |title=Bogardus & Prinz Take Avow for Directors Company |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/bogardus-prinz-take-avow-for-directors-company-com-70372 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616002619/https://www.playbill.com/article/bogardus-prinz-take-avow-for-directors-company-com-70372 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In December 1996 and January 1997, Prinz played Evelyn in On Deaf Ears at the Martin R. Kaufman Theater in New York.{{Cite web |last=Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |date=January 1, 1997 |title=Talking and Reading In Place of Listening |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/01/theater/talking-and-reading-in-place-of-listening.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227031118/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/01/theater/talking-and-reading-in-place-of-listening.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} She starred as Lola in The Model Apartment at the La Jolla Playhouse in July 1997.{{Cite web |last=Winer |first=Laurie |date=July 29, 1997 |title=A Family Trapped in Comic Tragedy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-29-ca-17189-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925201354/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-29-ca-17189-story.html |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}} In October 1997, she starred as Agnes in A Delicate Balance at Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, Virginia.{{Cite web |last=Paller |first=Rebecca |date=October 31, 1997 |title=Rosemary Prinz in A Delicate Balance at Virginia Stage |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-in-a-delicate-balance-at-virginia-stage-com-71937 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302030155/https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-in-a-delicate-balance-at-virginia-stage-com-71937 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Playbill}}

Prinz starred in Last Lists of My Mad Mother at Connecticut's TheaterWorks in January and February 1998.{{Cite web |last=Lefkowitz |first=David |date=February 21, 1998 |title=Last Chance To Catch Prinz's Mad Mother in Hartford, CT to Feb. 22 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/last-chance-to-catch-prinzs-mad-mother-in-hartford-ct-to-feb-22-com-73559 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025032456/https://www.playbill.com/article/last-chance-to-catch-prinzs-mad-mother-in-hartford-ct-to-feb-22-com-73559 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In June 1998, Prinz co-starred with Jon Farris in Love Letters at TheaterWorks.{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=May 28, 1998 |title=TheaterWorks Reads Love Letters to Hartford May 28 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/theaterworks-reads-love-letters-to-hartford-may-28-com-75624 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130132847/https://www.playbill.com/article/theaterworks-reads-love-letters-to-hartford-may-28-com-75624 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She played Maria Callas in Master Class at Portland Stage Company in August and September 1998.{{Cite web |last=Lefkowitz |first=David |date=September 19, 1998 |title=Last Chance: Rosemary Prinz Heads McNally's Master Class in Maine, To Sept. 20 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/last-chance-rosemary-prinz-heads-mcnallys-master-class-in-maine-to-sept-20-com-77405 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016202305/https://www.playbill.com/article/last-chance-rosemary-prinz-heads-mcnallys-master-class-in-maine-to-sept-20-com-77405 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She returned to As the World Turns for a few episodes in August 1998.

She played Maria Callas in Master Class at Connecticut's TheaterWorks in January 2000 and at Florida's Coconut Grove Playhouse in October 2000.{{Cite web |last=Ehren |first=Christine |date=January 28, 2000 |title=Hartford's TheaterWorks Opens New Space w/ Prinz Master Class, Jan. 28 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/hartfords-theaterworks-opens-new-space-w-prinz-master-class-jan-28-com-86741 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613123037/https://www.playbill.com/article/hartfords-theaterworks-opens-new-space-w-prinz-master-class-jan-28-com-86741 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=October 20, 2000 |title=Rosemary Prinz Stars as Callas in Coconut Grove's Master Class, Oct. 20-Nov. 12 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-stars-as-callas-in-coconut-groves-master-class-oct-20-nov-12-com-92590 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227020922/https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-stars-as-callas-in-coconut-groves-master-class-oct-20-nov-12-com-92590 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} Prinz made her film debut in the romantic drama A Wedding for Bella (also titled The Bread, My Sweet), co-starring with Scott Baio.{{Cite web |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=October 24, 2003 |title=Film in Review; 'The Bread, My Sweet' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/24/movies/film-in-review-the-bread-my-sweet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827104526/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/24/movies/film-in-review-the-bread-my-sweet.html |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} She returned to As the World Turns again on December 26, 2000, making her last appearance before the show's cancellation in 2009.

In September 2001, Prinz co-starred with Mia Dillon in Concertina's Rainbow for Connecticut's Fairfield Theatre Company. Performances began soon after the September 11 attacks.{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Bonnie |date=September 20, 2001 |title='Smokey Joe's' has honeyed hits, 'Rainbow' is hope in dark world |url=https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Smokey-Joe-s-has-honeyed-hits-Rainbow-is-11883289.php |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The Middletown Press}}{{Cite web |last=Snyder |first=Diane |date=September 12, 2001 |title=Prinz, Dillon Scheduled to See Rainbow in CT, Sept. 12-30 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-dillon-scheduled-to-see-rainbow-in-ct-sept-12-30-com-98545 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127114625/https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-dillon-scheduled-to-see-rainbow-in-ct-sept-12-30-com-98545 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} From July to August 2002, she co-starred with Laurie Metcalf in Purple Heart for Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=May 21, 2002 |title=Chicago's Steppenwolf Closes Season with Norris and Metcalf |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/chicagos-steppenwolf-closes-season-with-norris-and-metcalf-com-105932 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623104602/https://www.playbill.com/article/chicagos-steppenwolf-closes-season-with-norris-and-metcalf-com-105932 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} Prinz starred in Driving Miss Daisy at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in November 2002.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=November 7, 2002 |title=Rosemary Prinz Is Back in Miss Daisy's Passenger Seat, Nov. 7-Dec. 8, at Pitt Public |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-is-back-in-miss-daisys-passenger-seat-nov-7-dec-8-at-pitt-public-com-109416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119022534/https://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-is-back-in-miss-daisys-passenger-seat-nov-7-dec-8-at-pitt-public-com-109416 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In March 2003, she played the title role in Killing Louise at New York's CAP21 Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=February 10, 2003 |title=The Quality of Mercy: Prinz Stars in World Premiere, Killing Louise, Off-Bway |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/the-quality-of-mercy-prinz-stars-in-world-premiere-killing-louise-off-bway-com-111459 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621043616/https://www.playbill.com/article/the-quality-of-mercy-prinz-stars-in-world-premiere-killing-louise-off-bway-com-111459 |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In February 2005, she starred as Kimberly Levaco in Kimberly Akimbo at Connecticut's TheaterWorks.{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Campbell |date=February 6, 2005 |title=Theater Review; Too Young To Be So Old |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/nyregion/theater/theater-review-too-young-to-be-so-old.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614015749/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/nyregion/theater/theater-review-too-young-to-be-so-old.html |archive-date=June 14, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

From February to April 2006, Prinz starred in Under the Bed for the Caldwell Theatre Company in Florida.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=January 18, 2006 |title=Showbiz Veterans Star in World Premiere of Susan Sandler's Under the Bed in Florida |url=https://playbill.com/article/showbiz-veterans-star-in-world-premiere-of-susan-sandlers-under-the-bed-in-florida-com-130333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927180233/https://playbill.com/article/showbiz-veterans-star-in-world-premiere-of-susan-sandlers-under-the-bed-in-florida-com-130333 |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In November 2006, she performed in Romania. Kiss Me!, a collection of six short plays from Romania, at New York's 59E59 Theaters.{{Cite web |last=Pincus-Roth |first=Zachary |date=November 18, 2006 |title=The Play Company Presents Romania. Kiss Me! at 59E59 Beginning Nov.18 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/the-play-company-presents-romania-kiss-me-at-59e59-beginning-nov-18-com-136494 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118152141/https://www.playbill.com/article/the-play-company-presents-romania-kiss-me-at-59e59-beginning-nov-18-com-136494 |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} From August to October 2007, she starred in Driving Miss Daisy at TheaterWorks in Connecticut.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |date=August 2, 2007 |title=Hartford's TheaterWorks to Present Driving Miss Daisy Starring Prinz |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/hartfords-theaterworks-to-present-driving-miss-daisy-starring-prinz-com-142711 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704115058/https://www.playbill.com/article/hartfords-theaterworks-to-present-driving-miss-daisy-starring-prinz-com-142711 |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She starred in Voices of Swords at Off-Broadway's Urban Stages in June 2008.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 9, 2008 |title=Prinz, Jimenez, Mufson and More Set for Voices of Swords at Off-Broadway's Urban Stages |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-jimenez-mufson-and-more-set-for-voices-of-swords-at-off-broadways-urban-stages-com-149740 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307091005/https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-jimenez-mufson-and-more-set-for-voices-of-swords-at-off-broadways-urban-stages-com-149740 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}}

Prinz played Mrs. Bramson in Night Must Fall at Maryland's Olney Theatre Center in September and October 2009.{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2009 |title=Rosemary Prinz to Star in Night Must Fall at Olney Theatre Center |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/rosemary-prinz-to-star-in-night-must-fall-at-olney-theatre-center_20941/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928181755/https://www.theatermania.com/news/rosemary-prinz-to-star-in-night-must-fall-at-olney-theatre-center_20941/ |archive-date=September 28, 2024 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=theatermania.com}} In February 2010, she starred as Grandma in Lost in Yonkers at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 21, 2010 |title=Prinz, Crane, Surrey, Buckley Are Lost in Yonkers, Opening Feb. 21 at Paper Mill |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-crane-surrey-buckley-are-lost-in-yonkers-opening-feb-21-at-paper-mill-com-166042 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026034356/https://www.playbill.com/article/prinz-crane-surrey-buckley-are-lost-in-yonkers-opening-feb-21-at-paper-mill-com-166042 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In July 2010, she played Sarah Bernhardt in Memoir for Louisiana's River City Repertory Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=June 15, 2010 |title=Rosemary Prinz Will Play the Immortal Sarah in Memoir for Louisiana's River City Rep |url=https://playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-will-play-the-immortal-sarah-in-memoir-for-louisianas-river-city-rep-com-169331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927173312/https://playbill.com/article/rosemary-prinz-will-play-the-immortal-sarah-in-memoir-for-louisianas-river-city-rep-com-169331 |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}}

She performed in A Little Journey at New York's Mint Theater Company in June 2011.{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=June 6, 2011 |title=Mint's Revival of Poignant 1918 Comedy A Little Journey, With Rosemary Prinz, Opens in NYC June 6 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/mints-revival-of-poignant-1918-comedy-a-little-journey-with-rosemary-prinz-opens-in-nyc-june-6-com-179752 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927070744/https://www.playbill.com/article/mints-revival-of-poignant-1918-comedy-a-little-journey-with-rosemary-prinz-opens-in-nyc-june-6-com-179752 |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In May 2012, Prinz appeared Off-Broadway in She's of a Certain Age, co-starring with Robert Newman.{{Cite web |last=Gioia |first=Michael |date=May 20, 2012 |title=She's of a Certain Age, With Drena De Niro, Lois Markle, Rosemary Prinz, Robert Newman, Opens Off-Broadway May 20 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/shes-of-a-certain-age-with-drena-de-niro-lois-markle-rosemary-prinz-robert-newman-opens-off-broadway-may-20-com-193767 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126153652/https://www.playbill.com/article/shes-of-a-certain-age-with-drena-de-niro-lois-markle-rosemary-prinz-robert-newman-opens-off-broadway-may-20-com-193767 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}} In 2014, she starred in 4000 Miles at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.{{Cite web |last=Engebrecht |first=Julie |date=February 14, 2014 |title=Soap star Rosemary Prinz brings her warmth to Playhouse |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/artsinfocus/2014/02/14/soap-star-rosemary-prinz-brings-her-warmth-to-playhouse/5480303/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330133119/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/artsinfocus/2014/02/14/soap-star-rosemary-prinz-brings-her-warmth-to-playhouse/5480303/ |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} She appeared in The Waverly Gallery for the River City Repertory Theatre in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Susan |date=September 9, 2015 |title=Theater seasons getting started with opening productions |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/09/09/theater-seasons-getting-started-opening-productions/71973358/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208105854/https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/09/09/theater-seasons-getting-started-opening-productions/71973358/ |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website= The Times}} In 2017, she appeared in the comedy film Humor Me.{{Cite web |last=Farber |first=Stephen |date=June 20, 2017 |title='Humor Me': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/humor-me-review-1015040/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805143708/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/humor-me-review-1015040/ |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Prinz participated in a live streamed performance of Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's Tartuffe in July 2020. The cast included Raúl Esparza and Samira Wiley.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=July 6, 2020 |title=Tartuffe, Starring Raúl Esparza and Samira Wiley, Streams Through July 12 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tartuffe-starring-raul-esparza-and-samira-wiley-streams-through-july-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211020854/https://www.playbill.com/article/tartuffe-starring-raul-esparza-and-samira-wiley-streams-through-july-12 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |website=Playbill}}

Prinz was married to actor Michael Thoma from 1951–57. (Thoma died in 1982 at the age of 55.) Her second marriage, to jazz drummer Joseph Patti in 1966, ended only upon his death from natural causes in 2014.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} A lifelong New Yorker, she is a resident of the Upper West Side.

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