
Mariclare Costello
Mariclare Catherine Costello (February 3, 1936 – April 17, 2026) was an American actress. She was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Costello's most notable role was that of Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on the television series The Waltons, from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, after her role on The Waltons, she played matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on the short-lived drama show The Fitzpatricks.
32 acting credits
Acting · 32

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Chicago Hope
1994

The Waltons
1972

Hart to Hart
1979

The Incredible Hulk
1977

Kojak
1973

Lou Grant
1977

Indecent Proposal
1993

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984

The Fitzpatricks
1977

Ordinary People
1980

Raid on Entebbe
1976

The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980

Nightmares
1983

Pound
1970

The Execution of Private Slovik
1974

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
1985

Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971

American Harvest
1987

Appearances
1990

A Sensitive, Passionate Man
1977

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
1984

Coward of the County
1981

Territorial Men
1976

Skeezer
1982

All God's Children
1980

Shadow of the Blair Witch
2000

The Gun
1974

Conspiracy of Terror
1975

After the Fall
1974

She Said No
1990

Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus
1972