Rosemary Prinz (born January 4, 1930) is a stage and television actress. She is most known for her work in the early era of the American soap opera, As The World Turns.

Biography

Prinz was married to actor Michael Thoma from 1951–1957 (Thoma died in 1982 at the age of 55), and has been married to jazz drummer Joseph Patti since 1967.

At one time, she was the highest paid soap actress in America. A 1970 New York Times article states that she received $750 per episode for the years 1963-1968 on As the World Turns. NBC Vice-President Lin Bolen lured Prinz to How to Survive a Marriage for $3000 a week, with the stipulation that Prinz only had to work three days out of five each week. Again, it was an unprecedented sum for a soap actress to earn at that time.