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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts) Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:44 AM Aug 2022

Blossom Rock had a bit part in "The Best Man" (1964) before she was Grandmama on "Addams Family."

Blossom Rock had a bit part in “The Best Man” (1964) before she was Grandmama on “Addams Family.”
Here she greets Cliff Robertson, who, in real life, spent much time at Mar-a-Lago, owned by his mother-in-law.

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Blossom Rock had a bit part in "The Best Man" (1964) before she was Grandmama on "Addams Family." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 OP

FYI - she was born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald, Staph Aug 2022 #1

Actress Blossom Rock was born on August 21, 1895. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #2

Staph

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1. FYI - she was born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald,

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Mon Aug 15, 2022, 02:34 PM

Aug 2022

older sister of singer/actress Jeanette MacDonald. She later changed her name to Marie Blake and played character parts in MGM films. After her MGM contract ended, she changed her name to Blossom Rock (she had married Clarence Rock in 1926) and ended up freelancing and eventually became Grandmama Addams.

mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Actress Blossom Rock was born on August 21, 1895.

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Mon Aug 22, 2022, 06:37 AM

Aug 2022

Actress Blossom Rock was #BornOnThisDay, August 21, 1895. Best remembered for her role as "Grandmama" on TV's The Addams Family (1964-'66). Her younger sister was screen actress/singer Jeanette MacDonald. Passed in 1978 (age 86) from a #stoke #RIP #GoneButNeverForgotten #BOTD

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