Eileen Saki, Bar Owner Rosie on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 79
variety.comMcKinley Franklin editor Eileen Saki, known for her role as bar owner Rosie in “M*A*S*H,” died on Monday in Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was 79. Saki’s rep confirmed her death to Variety. The actor was featured on nine episodes of “M*A*S*H,” the television series based on the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital that cared for patients during the Korean War.
The TV series aired from 1972 to 1983. Saki played the role of Rosie, the local bar owner of “Rosie’s Bar.” She was the third actor to take over the role and the longest to do so.
Her career in acting continued on with roles featured in other projects such as Dr. Fujimoto in the 1984 film “Splash” with Tom Hanks, “CHiPs” and “History of the World: Part I.” Saki was born in Japan and was the daughter of a gardener, she revealed on the “M*A*S*H Matters” podcast to her “M*A*S*H” co-star Jeff Maxwell. “I was raised in Japan, came here, English is my second language, but I knew at the age of four that I was going to be a performer,” said Saki. “We were very poor, and probably my psyche wanted to be somebody else.
Read more on variety.com