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Blossom Rock Born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald
August 21, 1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Died January 14, 1978 (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Memory Slope #1183 Other names Marie Blake, Blossom MacDonald Occupation Actress Years active 1923–1966 Spouse Clarence Rock (1926-1960) (widowed) Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald (August 21, 1895 – January 14, 1978), also known or credited as Blossom Rock, Blossom MacDonald or Marie Blake, was an American actress of stage and television. She was also elder sister to actress/singer Jeanette MacDonald.
Born in Philadelphia, as a youth she performed on the vaudeville stage with her younger sister, Jeanette, and later with her husband, Clarence Rock (died 1960). She and Rock married in 1926; they had no children.
She later performed in films, most notably as the hospital switchboard operator in the "Dr. Kildare" movies, in television, and on Broadway. She is best-known (if not by name) for playing "Grandmama" on The Addams Family.
Death
She died on January 14, 1978, in Los Angeles, California, aged 82. Her grave is located at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
References
External links
- Blossom Rock at the Internet Movie Database
- Blossom Rock at the Internet Broadway Database (as Blossom MacDonald)
- Blossom Rock at Find a Grave
Categories:- 1895 births
- 1978 deaths
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- American film actors
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- Vaudeville performers
- American theatre actor, 19th century birth stubs
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