Rose Hobart
USABiography of Rose Hobart
Rose Hobart, born Rose Kefer in 1906, was an American actress and author. She was born into a family of a cellist from the New York Symphony. At the age of fifteen, Hobart began her theatrical career in 1929 when director Mitchell Leisen offered her a role in the production "Death Takes a Holiday". A year later, she made her debut on the silver screen in the film adaptation of the famous play "Liliom" by the Fox Film Corporation. The film also starred Charles Farrell and Estelle Taylor.
Over the following years, Hobart appeared in films such as "A Lady Surrenders", "Chances", and "East of Borneo", but her most notable role came in the horror film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". The film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, also starred Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins. In 1934, a film adaptation of "Death Takes a Holiday" began production, but Hobart's role in the play was played by another actress, Evelyn Venable.
Hobart's last film role was in Mitchell Leisen's "Bride of Vengeance" released in 1949. Shortly after, she was blacklisted in Hollywood due to her political beliefs, which severely limited her opportunities in the film industry. In the 1960s and 1970s, Hobart made several guest appearances in television series such as "Night Gallery", "Gunsmoke", and "Cannon".
Hobart was married three times. Her first husband was Barton H. Bosworth, followed by Benjamin Winter, and her final marriage was to William M. Grosvenor. In 1949, she gave birth to her son Judson. In 1994, Hobart published her autobiographical book "A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point". She passed away at the age of 94 from natural causes while residing in a retirement home for actors in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
