Rosemary Rice Merrell, 87, Stamford Conn., died August 15, 2012, at home. Born on May 3, 1925, in Montclair, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Laura Rogers Rice. Best known for her performance as daughter "Katrin" (as well as narrator) on CBS-TV's award- winning "I Remember Mama" series, which ran for nine years, 1949-1956. Rosemary Rice's career began while she was attending junior high school in Montclair. She was discovered to perform in the first of 12 Broadway shows. Among her most notable appearances were in "Junior Miss" and "Dear Ruth," as well as "I Remember Mama." Rosemary was also known for her portrayal of Betty on the Archie Andrews radio program. She has also appeared on Playhouse 90, Studio One, Let's Pretend, Calvacade of America, My True Story, CBS Mystery Theater, When A Girl Marries, Young Doctor Malone and the NBC Playhouse. Rosemary was a well-established figure in the world of children's entertainment, having written, narrated and sung nine albums for Columbia Records, where she won a "Grammy Award."

She has also recorded six albums for RCA. Rosemary has recorded nine books for The American Girl Collection, and was the voice of Caedmon Records (books on tape). Rosemary's work with children has not been confined only to her albums. She has also recorded 20 text books for the Allyn and Bacon Publishing Company in Boston, Mass. With her warm voice and pleasing quality, Rosemary was without a doubt one of the finest and foremost children's artists of our time. Although she is best known for her nine years as Katrin on CBS-TV's "I Remember Mama," she also appeared in the "edge of Night," "Search for Tomorrow," "One Life to Live," "Kraft Television Theatre," "As the World Turns," "AM Today," "The Mike Douglas Show," "The Today Show," "Dave Garroway Show," and other television shows. Rosemary appeared on and off camera in dozens of radio and television commercials. Most notably for the voice of Clairol "If I've only one life to live, let me live it as a blonde!," Johnson & Johnson products, and was the voice for New York City's World Fair Exhibition for Bell Telephone. During her career, Rosemary was the recipient of three CLIO Awards, The Grammy Award, The Pulitzer Price, three Peabody Awards, and an Emmy Award.

Nice voice. Wish she had been in more episodes.

She had a great, young voice. I enjoyed Rosemary Rice's performances. When listening, I would always picture her as the naive, sweet, and innocent girl. I could have been way off but that is what I pictured. :-)

Here is her obituary when she passed away in 2012: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/arts/television/rosemary-rice-daughter-of-tvs-mama-dies-at-87.html.

In 1995, I attended an OTR/Nostalgia Convention in Cincinnati. I had the pleasure of working with Ms. Rice in a re-creation of an episode of "Frontier Gentleman." If you weren't looking at her and just listening to her voice, you would swear that she was 21. She was a wonderful talent & gracious lady.

Rosemary Rice had a very diverse entertainment career, which included radio, Broadway, television, voice acting and commercials and as a singer and recording artist. Her radio credits include The Cavalcade Of America, Playhouse 90, Young Dr. Malone, Suspense, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Theater Five and her well known role as Betty Cooper on the Archie Andrews series. She appeared in over a dozen Broadway productions and her television credits include Kraft Theater, Mama, The Mike Douglas Show, and the daytime soap operas, One Life To Live, Search For Tomorrow and The Edge Of Night. Rice also worked in several dozen radio and television commercials, both on camera and through voice-over work including Johnson & Johnson products and as the voice of Clairol. She wrote, sung and narrated fifteen children's albums during her career. She released nine albums through Columbia and six albums on the RCA, winning one Grammy award. She also narrated nine audio books for The American Girl Collection.