# Rosanna Huffman

Rosanna Huffman (August 12, 1938 – May 20, 2016) was an American actress and voice-over artist. Huffman's film credits as a voice actress included Oliver & Company in 1988, The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989, FernGully: The Last Rainforest in 1992, and Babe in 1995. She also appeared in recurring roles in Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues, and Murder One. Huffman was the widow of Richard Levinson, the co-creator of Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, who died of a heart attack in 1987.
Huffman was born to Doras and Christine Huffman on August 12, 1938, in Timblin, Pennsylvania, a small coal mining town. She moved to New York in the 1960s and was quickly cast in a lead role in the 1965 Broadway production of Half a Sixpence.
She met Richard Levinson while attending a party. The couple married in 1969 and moved to Los Angeles, where Huffman soon won a lead role in a musical comedy, Jane Heights. Later, during the 1970s, she guest-starred in two episodes of Columbo, including the episode "Suitable for Framing" (1971) in which she was cast as the partner of a murderous art critic portrayed by Ross Martin. Huffman also appeared in seven episodes of Murder, She Wrote, another series created by Levinson over the course of a decade. Additionally, she was cast in a recurring role on Hill Street Blues, playing the former wife of Joe Spano's character, Lt. Henry Goldblume. Her other television credits, spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s, include the series The Big Valley, Mission: Impossible, Ellery Queen, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Cagney & Lacey, Tucker's Witch, and ER.
Huffman died from pancreatic cancer at her home in Santa Monica, California, on May 20, 2016, at age 77.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Bone | Secretary | |
| 1980 | Seems Like Old Times | Court Clerk | |
| 1985 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | | Voice |
| 1986 | The Ladies Club | Rona | |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | | Voice |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | | Voice |
| 1990 | White Palace | | Voice |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | | Voice |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Mrs. Bridges | |
| 1995 | Babe | Sheep | Voice |
| 1995 | Cops n Roberts | | |
| 1996 | The Trigger Effect | Arguing Customer | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Mr. Bell's Assistant | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Martha | Season 2 Episode 17: ”Image of Yesterday” |
| 1967 | The Felony Squad | Nurse | Season 2 Episode 8: ”Hit and Run, Run, Run” |
| 1969 | Insight | Mariana | Season 1 Episode 308: ”Tuesday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week” |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Betty | Season 1 Episode 15: ”Sybil” |
| 1970 | Mission: Impossible | Guide | Season 5 Episode 8: ”Decoy” |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | The Maid of Honor | Season 2 Episode 17: ”segment: Love and the Serious Wedding” |
| 1971 | Sarge | Widow | Season 1 Episode 6: ”John Michael O'Flaherty Presents the Eleven O'Clock War” |
| 1971 | Columbo | Tracy O’Connor | Season 1 Episode 4: ”Suitable for Framing” |
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Hospital Receptionist | TV Movie |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Stella Wickley | Season 2 Episode 20: ”They've Got to Blame Somebody” |
| 1973 | Tenafly | Lorrie | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Griff | Ellie Dixon | Season 1 Episode 8: "Elephant in a Cage" |
| 1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Alice | Season 3 Episode 23: "Solitaire" |
| 1975 | Crime Club | Martha | TV Movie |
| 1975–1976 | Ellery Queen | Radio Actress / Nancy McGuire | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | The Feather & Father Gang | Helen | Season 1 Episode 13: "The Judas Bug" |
| 1978 | Richie Brockelman, Private Eye | Rena Brockelman | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Framing of Perfect Sydney" |
| 1978 | With This Ring | Photographer | TV Movie |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Judge | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Two Million Dollar Stowaway" |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Woman in Play | TV Movie |
| 1980 | Barnaby Jones | Gwen Kingsley | Season 8 Episode 19: "The Final Victim" |
| 1980 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | | TV Movie |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High | Mrs. Farrow | TV Movie |
| 1981 | Stand by Your Man | Mrs. Hadley | TV Movie |
| 1981–1984 | Hill Street Blues | Rachel Goldblume | 4 episodes |
| 1982 | Victims | | TV Movie |
| 1982 | Teachers Only | Evelyn Helmsley | Season 1 Episode 4: "Quote, Unquote" |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Diane Barringer | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon" |
| 1982 | Take Your Best Shot | Gail | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! | | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Minister | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Dempsey | Woman at door | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Day After | Dr. Wallenberg | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Awakening of Candra | Sara | TV Movie |
| 1984 | Passions | Maggie | TV Movie |
| 1984–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Eleanor Thompson / Connie Miles / Helen Stully / Dora Manchester / Miriam Harwood / Marge Brickman / Nell Carson | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | A Reason to Live | Felicia Massey | TV Movie |
| 1985 | Cover Up | ICU Nurse | Season 1 Episode 12: "Murder Offshore" |
| 1985 | Too Close for Comfort | Miss Fettison | Season 5 Episode 3: "My Son, the PhD" |
| 1985 | Scene of the Crime | Ellen | Season 1 Episode 4: "segment: The Medium is the Murder" |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Woman in Room 458 | Season 2 Episode 14: "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" |
| 1986 | Crossings | Mrs. Freilich Hillman | Miniseries (2 episodes) |
| 1986 | Triplecross | Museum Receptionist | TV Movie |
| 1986 | North and South – Book II: Love and War | Mrs. Reilly | Miniseries (Episode 1) |
| 1986 | Kate's Secret | Megan | TV Movie |
| 1987 | The Golden Girls | Stephanie | Season 2 Episode 15: "Before and After" |
| 1987 | The Wizard | Mrs. Curtis | Season 1 Episode 15: "Daydream Believer" |
| 1987 | Harry's Hong Kong | Mrs. Hamilton | TV Movie |
| 1987 | Mistress | Female Agent | TV Movie |
| 1988 | Family Ties | Alice | Season 6 Episode 17: "The Play's the Thing" |
| 1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Anne | Season 7 Episode 18: "Amends" |
| 1988 | I Saw What You Did | Mrs. Harris | TV Movie |
| 1989 | The Case of the Hillside Stranglers | Woman at Bus Stop | TV Movie |
| 1989 | Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Nun | Miniseries |
| 1989 | Nick Knight | Reporter #1 | TV Movie |
| 1990 | Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo | Mrs. Thornwood | TV Movie |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child | Mrs. Thacker | TV Movie |
| 1990 | Sisters | Mother | TV Movie |
| 1991 | Aftermath: A Test of Love | Leah | TV Movie |
| 1991 | The Boys | Carolyn | TV Movie |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | Lady | Season 1 Episode 10: ”Get a Job” |
| 1992 | Drive Like Lightning | | TV Movie |
| 1992 | Honor Thy Mother | Psychiatrist | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Juanita Kreps | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Empty Cradle | Dr. Genser | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Marcia Lassiter | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story | Lenore Walker | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Lyle’s Jury: Juror #1 | TV Movie |
| 1995 | My Brother’s Keeper | Loretta | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Murder One | Eleanor Iverson | 11 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1996 | Champs | Woman in restaurant | Season 1 Episode 6: "Live and Let Breathe" |
| 1996 | The Burning Zone | Passenger | Season 1 Episode 5: "Night Flight" |
| 1998 | Legalese | Teacher | TV Movie |
| 1999 | Night Ride Home | Iris | TV Movie |
| 1999 | 7th Heaven | Cheryl Carberry | Season 3 Episode 20: "All Dogs Go to Heaven" |
| 2000 | ER | Mrs. McNamara | Season 6 Episode 20: "Loose Ends" |