1. Rosemarie Bowe began her career modeling in Los Angeles, California, before being cast in uncredited bit parts.
27 Facts About Rosemarie Bowe
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Rosemarie Bowe's first major role was a supporting part in the 1954 adventure film The Adventures of Hajji Baba.
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Rosemarie Bowe would have several lead roles before officially retiring from acting following her appearance in John Cassavetes' Big Trouble.
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Rosemarie Bowe was married to actor Robert Stack from 1956 until his death in 2003.
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Rosemarie Bowe's father was a building contractor and her mother was a dress designer.
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Rosemarie Bowe had an older sister, Claire, and a brother, Sidney.
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The family moved to Tacoma, Washington, when Rosemarie Bowe was a child.
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Rosemarie Bowe attended Stadium High School in Tacoma, where she was active in theater and dance, and graduated in 1950.
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Rosemarie Bowe briefly attended Tacoma Community College before moving to Los Angeles.
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Rosemarie Bowe was crowned Miss Tacoma and Miss Montana in 1950.
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In May 1951, Rosemarie Bowe competed in a contest to choose the queen of the sixth annual Home Show and Building Exposition.
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In 1951, Rosemarie Bowe traveled with her mother to Los Angeles, California, to see her brother Sidney off to the military during the Korean War.
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Rosemarie Bowe's look was at times likened to both Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.
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Rosemarie Bowe always modeled high fashion rather than lingerie or bathing suits.
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Rosemarie Bowe was never asked by photographers to pose for cheesecake pictures as were many a pin-up girl.
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Rosemarie Bowe was trained in dramatic acting by Benno Schneider.
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Rosemarie Bowe's part is uncredited, as is her depiction of a swimmer in Million Dollar Mermaid.
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Rosemarie Bowe performed her own stunts on the set, and during filming, she almost drowned, was stung by a sea urchin, and sustained bumps, bruises, and insect bites.
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Rosemarie Bowe was under option to 20th Century Fox when she filmed The Peacemaker.
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Rosemarie Bowe's later acting roles included appearances in the films Murder on Flight 502 and Big Trouble, both of which starred her husband Robert Stack, and the TV movie Making of a Male Model.
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Rosemarie Bowe appeared in a 1963 episode of Burke's Law, credited as Rosemarie Bowe.
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On January 23,1956, Rosemarie Bowe married Robert Stack in Beverly Hills Lutheran Church.
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Rosemarie Bowe temporarily gave up her career when her children were young.
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In October 1969, Rosemarie Bowe was in an automobile accident in Sacramento, California, and sustained serious internal injuries.
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Rosemarie Bowe crashed into a concrete culvert because of a mechanical failure in the rental car she was driving.
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Art Lund filed a $750,000 wrongful-death suit, alleging Rosemarie Bowe had been driving at an "excessive speed" during the accident.
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Rosemarie Bowe's son, Charles Robert Stack, is a retired investment banker.