Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby, motion picture about a young pregnant woman who lives in an apartment building full of witches and warlocks, based on a novel by Ira Levin. Released in 1968, this horror film was written and directed by Roman Polanski. Ruth Gordon earned an Academy Award for her performance as the overbearing neighbor who is actually a witch. After Rosemary Woodhouse (played by Mia Farrow) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into a new apartment building, they befriend the neighbors. As Guy’s acting career starts to take off, Rosemary becomes pregnant and has a painful and emotionally traumatic pregnancy. She begins to suspect that the neighbors are not the average people they seem. After Rosemary gives birth to a child that is half-devil and half-human, she learns that her husband made a deal with Satan to help his acting career.

Director

• Roman Polanski

Cast

• Mia Farrow (Rosemary Woodhouse)
• John Cassavetes (Guy Woodhouse)
• Ruth Gordon (Minnie Castevet)
• Sidney Blackmer (Roman Castevet)
• Maurice Evans (Hutch)
• Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Sapirstein)
• Victoria Vetri (Terry Fionoffrio)
• Patsy Kelly (Laura-Louise)
• Elisha Cook, Jr. (Mr. Nicklas)
• Charles Grodin (Dr. Hill)
• Emmaline Henry (Elise Dunstan)
• Marianne Gordon (Joan Jellico)
• Phil Leeds (Dr. Shand)
• Hope Summers (Mrs. Gilmore)
• Wende Wagner (Tiger)
• Hanna Landy (Grace Cardiff)
• Gordon Connell (Guy's agent)
• Janet Garland (Nurse)
• Joan T. Reilly (Pregnant woman)
• Patricia Ann Conway (Mrs. John F. Kennedy)
• William Castle (Man at telephone booth)
• Walter Baldwin (Mr. Wees)
• Charlotte Boerner (Mrs. Fountain)
• Sebastian Brooks (Argyron Stavropoulos)
• Ernest Kazuyoshi Harada (Young Japanese man)
• Natalie Masters (Young woman)
• Elmer Modlin (Young man)
• Patricia O'Neal (Mrs. Wees)
• Robert Osterloh (Mr. Fountain)
• Almira Sessions (Mrs. Sabatini)
• Bruno Sidar (Mr. Gilmore)
• Roy Barcroft (Sun-browned man)
• D'Urville Martin (Diego)
• Bill Baldwin (Salesman)
• George Savalas (Workman)
• Viki Vigen (Lisa)
• Marilyn Harvey (Dr. Sapirstein's receptionist)
• Paul Denton (Skipper)
• Frank White (Hugh Dunstan)
• Mary Louise Lawson (Portia Haynes)
• Gale Peters (Rain Morgan)
• George Ross Robertson (Lou Comfort)
• Carol Brewster (Claudia Comfort)
• Clay Tanner (Devil)
• Michael Shillo (Pope)
• Jean Inness (Sister Agnes)
• Lynn Brinker (Sister Veronica)
• Michel Gomez (Pedro)
• Linda Brewerton (Farrow's double)
• Mona Knox (Mrs. Byron)
• Joyce Davis (Dee Bertillon)
• Floyd Mutrux (Man at party)
• Josh Peine (Man at party)
• Duke Fishman (Man)
• Al Szathmary (Taxi driver)
• John Halloran (Mechanic)
• Tony Curtis (Voice of Donald Baumgart)
• Gail Bonney (Voice of the babysitter)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1968): Ruth Gordon
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (1969): Ruth Gordon

Quotes

• Rosemary: “What have you done to my baby? What's wrong with his eyes?”
• Coven member: “He has his father's eyes.”