Rosemary Prinz
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Rosemary Prinz (born 1930 in New York City) was an actress in the early era of the American soap opera.
Her most famous role to date has been her portrayal of Penny Hughes on As the World Turns, from 1956 to 1968. Over the years, rumors surfaced that Prinz had been pushed to many nervous breakdowns due to the constant criticisms that she endured from show creator Irna Phillips. When she left the show in 1968, Prinz said she would never return to soap operas again.
She was lured back four times to serials, but only for a limited engagement each time. Her first return was to play the role of Amy Parker Tyler on All My Children for six months in 1970. She only agreed to play the role if Amy could speak out against the Vietnam War (Prinz vehemently objected to the involvement of the United States in Southeast Asia).
This role was followed by a short-lived turn as the lead character, Dr. Julie Franklin, in How to Survive a Marriage in 1974. Much later, she returned to As the World Turns at the urging of head writer Douglas Marland. In 1988, she became the last actress to play Sister Mary Joel on Ryan's Hope.