Rosella Towne

Rosella Towne
Born	Rosella Townsend January 20, 1918 Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Died	August 29, 2014 (aged 96) Hamden, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	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. 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.^[1] While touted by critics as a future star,^[2] Towne retired from showbusiness after marrying Harry Kronman, in 1942.^[3][4] She died on August 29, 2014, aged 96.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

• Varsity Show (1937) as passerby
• It's Love I'm After (1937) as autograph seeker
• Submarine D-1 (1937) as Mary
• Expensive Husbands (1937) as Brenner's receptionist
• Hollywood Hotel (1937) as secretary
• Sergeant Murphy (1938) as Alice Valentine
• The Patient in Room 18 (1938) as Maida Day
• Blondes at Work (1938) as Louisa Revelle
• Fools for Scandal (1938) as Diana
• Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) as golddigger
• Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Linda's secretary
• Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) as Panthea Landis
• Sons of the Plains (short) (1938)
• Boy Meets Girl (1938) as hospital nurse
• Secrets of an Actress (1938) as seated party guest
• Campus Cinderella (short) (1938) as co-ed
• The Sisters (1938) as telephone operator
• Hard to Get (1938) Miss Gray
• Declaration of Independence (1938) as Betsy Kramer
• Going Places (1938) as young lady at party
• Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939) as Edith Colby
• Secret Service of the Air (1939) as Zelma Warren
• The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939) as Jane Arden
• Women in the Wind (1939) as Phyllis
• Dark Victory (1939) as girl in box
• Code of the Secret Service (1939) as Elaine
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as lady of the court
• Flight Angels (1940) as student
• Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940) as Doris Manners
• No, No, Nanette (1940) as stewardess
• The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) as girl
• A Gentle Gangster (1943) as Helen Barton

References

1. "Will be Jane Arden on screen". The Evening Independent. November 4, 1938. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
2. "Fame ahead?". Reading Eagle. May 26, 1938. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
3. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3988465/
5. Rosella towne (1918-2014)
6. "Actress weds, quits films". The Evening Independent. January 9, 1942. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
7. http://whitneycenter.com/2014/10/memorial-service-rosella-kronman/

External links

• Rosella Towne at the Internet Movie Database
• Rosella Towne at the American Film Institute