June 1, 2025 and twenty-eight years ago on this day in 1997, actress Rosemary Bertrand died in Los Angeles, California. She played a slave girl in the film, “Tarzan and the Slave Girl.” She wasn’t the “Slave Girl” of the title, but one of the many in the film.
Rosemary was one of those unheralded actresses and actors who appeared in a few films and television series, mostly in non-speaking roles, as part of crowd scenes. These small roles are necessary for films. Villages and cities can’t be empty. Credit to all of those wonderful people who help make the magic.
From 1946 through 1956 Rosemary appeared in four films and two television series, including, The Roy Rogers Show and the television series, “Adventures of the Falcon.” She portrayed Christine Taylor in the John Wayne film, “Angel and the Badman.”
In the photo where Lex Barker has a strap over his shoulder, Rosemary appears to be immediately to Lex’s left.
Details about “Tarzan and the Slave Girl,” may be reviewed at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag19/1950.html
The drabble for today is “Credit Where Credit is Due,” was inspired by Rosemary’s brief career.
The pharmacist said, “Rosemary Bertrand? That name sounds familiar. Weren’t you in films when I was young. I thinking the 1950s.”
Rosemary paid for her order and said, I was. I did one Tarzan film and a John Wayne movie. I also did a couple of television shows, “The Roy Rogers Show” and “Adventures of the Falcon.”
“That's right. You were in “Angel and the Badman. I thought you did more. Four films and two television shows aren’t very much."
“True, but it’s two more films and television shows than you or another three hundred million Americans have been in.”
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