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Also known as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy

American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

Person · Open Library

Works
3

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)1993
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
14
Total plays
68

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Key facts

Known for
Kennedy family matriarch
Born
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald , ( 1890-07-22 ) July 22, 1890, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22) (aged 104), Hyannis Port, Massachusetts , U.S.
Buried
Holyhood Cemetery , Brookline, Massachusetts , U.S.
Spouse
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1914 ; died 1969 ) ​
Children
Joseph Jr. John Rosemary Kathleen Eunice Patricia Robert Jean Edward
Parents
John Francis Fitzgerald , Mary Josephine Hannon

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston. Her father, John F. Fitzgerald, served in the Massachusetts State Senate (1892–1894), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1901, 1919), and as Mayor of Boston (1906–1908, 1910–1914). Her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., chaired the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) and the U.S. Maritime Commission (1937–1938), and served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938–1940). Their nine children included United States president John F. Kennedy, U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, U.S. senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith. In 1951, Rose Kennedy was ennobled by Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of papal countess.

Early life

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