Rose Freeman dies at 82

Rose Freeman, an actress underneath the title Joan Taylor who later handled the "Hawaii Five-O" property produced by her husband, author-producer Leonard Freeman, died of natural causes in Santa Monica on Sunday, March 4. She was 82. Freeman began her career like a artist in the Pasadena Playhouse, where she met Leonard when both labored inside a manufacture of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Underneath the title Joan Taylor, she starred such sci-fi films as "Earth versus. the Flying Disks" and "20 Million Miles to Earth" and Westerns including "Rose Marie," "Apache Lady" and "War Fresh paint." On Television she performed Milly Scott on "The Rifleman," starring alongside Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford, and guested on numerous other shows. After Leonard's dying in 1974, Freeman moved forward into controlling the "Hawaii Five-O" property the initial series went from 1968-80, then runs in distribution along with a CBS series remake that opened this year. Freeman seemed to be a author. She composed a chapter of "Family" in 1979, along with a novel she authored was modified in to the 1983 telepic "An Invasion of Privacy." She seemed to be among the authors around the 1997 romantic comedy feature "Fools Hurry In" and modified a magazine for that 2002 telepic "Heart of the Stranger." Rose Marie Emma was created in Lake Forest, Ill. Her mother, Amelia Berky, would be a vaudeville star within the 20's her father, who was simply a prop guy in Hollywood, gone to live in Lake Forest to handle a cinema. She finished the Chicago National Assn. of Dancing Masters and headed to La when she was 18 being an actress. Freeman is made it by three kids, two siblings and six grandchildren. Donations might be designed to Leo Baeck Temple, 1300 N. Sepulveda Blvd., La, CA 90049 or Skirball Hospice, 6345 Balboa Blvd., Suite 213, Encino, CA 91316. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com