Rosella Towne
Rosella Towne 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. 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. While touted by critics as a future star, Towne retired from showbusiness after marrying Harry Kronman, a Hollywood producer, in 1942. She died on August 29, 2014, aged 96. Towne was cremated.
Filmography
- Varsity Show as passerby
- It's Love I'm After as autograph seeker
- Submarine D-1 as Mary
- Expensive Husbands as Brenner's receptionist
- Hollywood Hotel as secretary
- Sergeant Murphy as Alice Valentine
- The Patient in Room 18 as Maida Day
- Blondes at Work as Louisa Revelle
- Fools for Scandal as Diana
- Gold Diggers in Paris as golddigger
- Men Are Such Fools as Linda's secretary
- Cowboy from Brooklyn as Panthea Landis
- Sons of the Plains
- Boy Meets Girl as hospital nurse
- Secrets of an Actress as seated party guest
- Campus Cinderella as co-ed
- The Sisters as telephone operator
- Hard to Get Miss Gray
- Declaration of Independence as Betsy Kramer
- Going Places as young lady at party
- Yes, [My Darling Daughter (film)|Yes, My Darling Daughter] as Edith Colby
- Secret Service of the Air as Zelma Warren
- The Adventures of Jane Arden as Jane Arden
- Women in the Wind as Phyllis
- Dark Victory as girl in box
- Code of [the Secret Service] as Elaine
- The [Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex] as lady of the court
- Flight Angels as student
- Rocky [Mountain Rangers (film)|Rocky Mountain Rangers] as Doris Manners
- No, No, Nanette as stewardess
- The Hard-Boiled Canary as girl
- A Gentle Gangster as Helen Barton