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Rose Kennedy
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American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy
Film & TV
Known for
- Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)1993
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
via TMDB
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rose
- Family name
- Kennedy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- North End
- Place of death
- Hyannis
- Spouse
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- Child
- Jean Kennedy Smith
- Father
- John Francis Fitzgerald
- Occupation
- socialite
- Educated at
- New England Conservatory
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Rose Kennedy 1967.JPG
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- Commons category
- Rose Kennedy
- date of birth
- 1890-07-21
- date of death
- 1995-01-22
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- subject has role
- centenarian
- Commons Creator page
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
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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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