Rose King

Who was Rose King?

Rose King was an American film actor and a Broadway lead. King was born Rose Koenig in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and returned there to retire.

After graduating from Eau Claire High School in 1902, she started her theater career in Denver, Colorado. In April 1910, at 26, she was living in Newport, Rhode Island, and the census enumerator listed her occupation as "chorus girl." By 1912, she was an owning partner, with Edward Lynch, in the King-Lynch Players of Manchester, New Hampshire.

In her long career on Broadway, stretching from at least 1919 to 1942, she starred in High Kickers, Thumbs Up!, The Torch Bearers, and A la Carte, among other productions. As an actor, she had an occasional Hollywood fling. For example, she made five films in 1909, including The Necklace and The Seventh Day both co-starring Mary Pickford, and another four in the 1930s.