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, whose character later murders hers. 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 Notes1972 Bone Secretary 1980 Seems Like Old Times Court Clerk 1985 Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Voice1986 Rona 1988 Oliver & Company Voice1989 Voice1990 White Palace Voice1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest Voice1992 Mrs. Bridges 1995 Babe Sheep Voice1995 Cops n Roberts 1996 Arguing Customer 1998 Sour Grapes Mr. Bell's Assistant

Television Year Title Role Notes1967 Martha Season 2 Episode 17: ”Image of Yesterday”1967 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 Hospital Receptionist TV Movie1973 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Stella Wickley Season 2 Episode 20: ”They've Got to Blame Somebody”1973 Tenafly Lorrie 3 episodes1973 Griff Ellie Dixon Season 1 Episode 8: "Elephant in a Cage"1975 Alice Season 3 Episode 23: "Solitaire"1975 Crime Club Martha TV Movie1975–1976 Ellery Queen Radio Actress / Nancy McGuire 2 episodes1977 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 Movie1978 Judge Season 1 Episode 9: "The Two Million Dollar Stowaway"1979 Murder by Natural Causes Woman in Play TV Movie1980 Barnaby Jones Gwen Kingsley Season 8 Episode 19: "The Final Victim"1980 Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case TV Movie1981 Crisis at Central High Mrs. Farrow TV Movie1981 Stand by Your Man Mrs. Hadley TV Movie1981–1984 Hill Street Blues Rachel Goldblume 4 episodes1982 Victims TV Movie1982 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 Movie1983 Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! TV Movie1983 Minister TV Movie1983 Dempsey Woman at door TV Movie1983 Dr. Wallenberg TV Movie1983 Sara TV Movie1984 Passions Maggie TV Movie1984–1994 Murder, She Wrote Eleanor Thompson / Connie Miles / Helen Stully / Dora Manchester / Miriam Harwood / Marge Brickman / Nell Carson 7 episodes1985 A Reason to Live Felicia Massey TV Movie1985 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 Movie1986 North and South – Book II: Love and WarMrs. Reilly Miniseries (Episode 1)1986 Kate's Secret Megan TV Movie1987 Stephanie Season 2 Episode 15: "Before and After"1987 Mrs. Curtis Season 1 Episode 15: "Daydream Believer"1987 Harry's Hong Kong Mrs. Hamilton TV Movie1987 Mistress Female Agent TV Movie1988 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 Movie1989 Woman at Bus Stop TV Movie1989 Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North Nun Miniseries1989 Nick Knight Reporter #1 TV Movie1990 Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo Mrs. Thornwood TV Movie1990 In the Best Interest of the Child Mrs. Thacker TV Movie1990 Sisters Mother TV Movie1991 Aftermath: A Test of Love Leah TV Movie1991 Carolyn TV Movie1991 Brooklyn Bridge Lady Season 1 Episode 10: ”Get a Job”1992 Drive Like Lightning TV Movie1992 Honor Thy Mother Psychiatrist TV Movie1993 Barbarians at the Gate Juanita Kreps TV Movie1993 Empty Cradle Dr. Genser TV Movie1993 Hart to Hart Returns Marcia Lassiter TV Movie1994 Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story Lenore Walker TV Movie1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills Lyle’s Jury: Juror #1 TV Movie1995 My Brother’s Keeper Loretta TV Movie1996 Murder One Eleanor Iverson 11 episodes (Recurring role)1996 Champs Woman in restaurant Season 1 Episode 6: "Live and Let Breathe"1996 Passenger Season 1 Episode 5: "Night Flight"1998 Legalese Teacher TV Movie1999 Night Ride Home Iris TV Movie1999 7th Heaven Cheryl Carberry Season 3 Episode 20: "All Dogs Go to Heaven"2000 ERMrs. McNamara Season 6 Episode 20: "Loose Ends"

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External links

Rosanna Levinson Obituary