Rosina May Lawrence

Lawrence was one of the first women to swim Lake Tahoe in Nevada.

Personal life

Lawrence and Judge Juvenal P. Marchisio married in June 1939, and she left acting to become a housewife. Marchisio died in 1973, and in 1987, Lawrence married John McCabe, a biographer of her onetime co-stars Laurel and Hardy.

Death

Lawrence died of cancer on June 23, 1997, in New York City, aged 84.

The Nepean Museum has recognized Lawrence by exhibiting publicity photographs and a variety of memorabilia related to her. It also shows a retrospective video of her career and videos of six films in which she appeared.

  • Mr. Cinderella (1936)
  • Arbor Day (1936)
  • General Spanky (1936)
  • On the Wrong Trek (1936)
  • Bored of Education (1936)
  • Two Too Young (1936)
  • Spooky Hooky (1936)
  • Reunion in Rhythm (1937)
  • Hearts Are Thumps (1937)
  • Three Smart Boys (1937)
  • Way Out West (1937)
  • Nobody's Baby (1937)
  • Pick a Star (1937)
  • In the Country Fell a Star (1939)

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