Roxanne (model)
{{Short description|American model and actress (1929–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Roxanne
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| birth_name = Dolores Evelyn Rosedale
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|3|20}}
| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|5|2|1929|3|20}}
| death_place = Spring Park, Minnesota, U.S.
| nationality =
| occupation = Model, actress
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| known_for =
| notable_works = Beat the Clock
The Seven Year Itch
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Dolores Evelyn Rosedale{{cite book |last1=Dunn |first1=Mark |title=Quizzing America: Television Game Shows and Popular Culture in the 1950s |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476630502 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jpDDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dolores+Rosedale%22&pg=PT69 |accessdate=7 March 2019 |language=en}} (March 20, 1929 – May 2, 2024), known professionally as Roxanne, was an American model and actress.
Biography
Roxanne was the daughter of Kenneth and Thyra Rosedale.{{cite news |title=Money Plentiful, Men Scarce in Model's Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29251379/roxanne/ |accessdate=March 7, 2019 |work=Star Tribune |date=March 12, 1950 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}} She studied fashion design at the Minneapolis School of Art{{cite news |title=Virginia Safford |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/187258817/?terms=%22Dolores%2BRosedale%22 |accessdate=7 March 2019 |work=The Minneapolis Star |date=September 22, 1949 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=23|via = Newspapers.com}} and was a member of the Minneapolis Models Guild.{{cite news |title='Little-Below-Knee Club' Forms at 'U' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27467498/star_tribune/ |accessdate=7 March 2019 |work=Star Tribune |date=October 2, 1947 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=1|via = Newspapers.com}} She moved to New York and studied at Actors' Studio and then joined the Screen Actors Guild.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
She was the blonde assistant on the Bud Collyer-hosted original version of the Goodson-Todman Productions game show Beat the Clock. Roxanne was replaced by Beverly Bentley in August 1955. Roxanne did not use a surname in her professional work. She was on the cover of magazines around the world include, Life, Look, Paris Match, TV Guide, and dozens of newspaper articles.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
Roxanne had a doll fashioned after her which was called The Roxanne Doll. It was a hard plastic doll which stood 18 inches (46 cm) tall. It had movable legs which allowed the doll to "walk". They were manufactured circa 1953 by the Valentine Company. The blue-eyed doll had a Beat the Clock tag on the doll's wrist and came with a miniature red camera. She would give these dolls to the contestants' daughters on Beat the Clock.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
She made her dramatic television debut on April 23, 1952, in the "Double Entry" episode of Casey, Crime Photographer.{{cite news |title=Virginia Safford |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29252388/the_minneapolis_star/ |accessdate=7 March 2019 |work=The Minneapolis Star |date=April 21, 1952 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=24|via = Newspapers.com}} She also appeared in a small role in Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch (1955).
On March 13, 1954, she married finance executive Tom Roddy in New York.{{cite news |title=TV Star Roxanne Wed in Services At New York Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246492231/?terms=%22Dolores%2BRosedale%22 |accessdate=8 March 2019 |work=The Oshkosh Northwestern |agency=United Press |date=March 13, 1954 |location=Wisconsin, Oshkosh |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}} Roxanne died in Spring Park, Minnesota, on May 2, 2024, at the age of 95.{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Roxanne, 'Beat the Clock' Assistant and 'Seven Year Itch' Actress, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roxanne-dead-beat-the-clock-seven-year-itch-1235899381/ |access-date=May 18, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 15, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Dolores Rosedale, Sidekick on 'Beat the Clock', Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/arts/television/dolores-rosedale-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 19, 2024}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Seven Year Itch | Elaine{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Michelle |title=The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist |date=2018 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=9780762490608 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPYzDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dolores+Rosedale%22&pg=PT26 |accessdate=7 March 2019 |language=en}} | |
| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry | Mrs. Maureen Cole | Final film role |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060203085624/http://www.roxannerosedale.com/ Roxanne (born Dolores Rosedale) - Star of Beat The Clock]
- {{IMDb name|name=Roxanne|id=2174856}}
- [http://www.classicactresses.org/2020/11/roxanne.html Roxanne Rosedale ~ The Beat The Clock Model]
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American women television personalities
Category:Actresses from Minneapolis
Category:21st-century American women
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