Rosemary Prinz

As "Penny Hughes" on daytime TV's As the World Turns (1956) from 1956-1968, popular stage and soap actress Rosemary Prinz, the pretty lady with the distinctive mole, was the reigning Susan Lucci of her day. Born on January 4, 1931, in New York City's Bronx borough , her father was a classical musician who was a part of the New York String Quartet and, at one time, played cello for the legendary conductor, Arturo Toscanini. A position somewhere in the arts seemed destined for Rosemary. An extremely gifted child, Rosemary graduated from high school at age 16 and went directly into summer stock, finding her first role in a 1947 production of "Dream Girls" and continuing on with "Dear Ruth" and "Kiss and Tell". She later toured with theater troupes, including The Vagabond Players. Trained for the theatre by Sanford Meisner, she made her New York/Broadway debut as a girl scout in "The Grey-Eyed People" at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1952. In 1954, Rosemary found her popular niche in daytim