The Best of Rose | Keeping Up Appearances

Played by both Shirley Stelfox and Mary Millar, here are some of Rose's best moments.
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[@rainbowlady1532]

Am I the only one who thinks BOTH actresses who portrayed Rose nailed the role perfectly?

[@rainbowgirlism]

No, I also think so. I like the second rose, but I also liked the first...I think the second Rose may have played up the sexuality better, but the first Rose played the desperation better.

[@alonenjersey]

I can agree with you on that.

[@rainbowlady1532]

@@rainbowgirlism true

[@nathanielwazhere]

@@rainbowgirlismI love perception because I feel the opposite. I think the first one got the whole sexy think down pack and the second one got the emotional and sensitive desperation thing on lock

[@kyriljordanov2086]

May both Roses rest well. The second Rose was actually a very devout Christian woman in real life and I thought it was great how she played the floozy on the show. Rest well, ladies. Y'all've made me laugh many times over these years.

[@oliverwilliams1086]

Yuck

[@Edelweiss-hh6tk]

I didn't know that about Mary Miller. She was so great at that part.

[@rainbowgirlism]

Kyril, that's cool

[@Asahamana]

And Rose#1 was also The sex worker without theeth in 1984 The movie.

[@eddpower5425]

"To leave me for another woman. I don't care if she is his wife" 😂😂😂😂😂.

[@KnightDarkness-bv1ei]

“He’s just like all men in the end, he’s gone back to his wife”

[@lynneheather2790]

I worked with Mary Millar in a musical in the 80's..she was fabulous..lovely lady.

[@josephcook6442]

Musical in the 80's? ....The Phantom of the Opera? ;)

[@enthusedtosing9655]

How can you liiiie there When I've been betrayed and abandoned!!! Perfectly delivered, campily melodramatic.. always has me laugh

[@wenchekarlskov1423]

I say that a lot 🤣

[@sunnyshine2215]

I love how she says it 😂

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Yes the 2nd Rose was better, better lines, delivery, clothes, dramatics etc

[@walkawaycat431]

Rose and Blanche Devereaux. The best loose women. 🤣😂

[@AnnM.Nabitosi]

Other people answering the phone, "hello" Rose, " you swine, I never want to see you again, oh it's you..."

[@vladimirenlow4388]

"And I don't care for language like that when I'm wearing my best earrings."

[@soundseeker63]

That line would have worked just as well for Hyacinth too! :-D

[@vladimirenlow4388]

@@soundseeker63 It does sound like a very "Hyacinth" thing to say...

[@mauia88]

They are sisters after all!

[@ashleylucas3804]

Vladimir Enlow best line ever x

[@tannaha7999]

One of the few examples of the replacement actress being just as good if not better than the first.

[@catwomanvillain6576]

Would you know why the 1st Rose was being replaced by the new more petite version of Rose,, to be honest i do love the new Rose 🌹😍

[@swifty8503]

no the replacement was BETTER

[@singsingsing22]

This doesn’t include one of my favorite Rose lines: “You don’t even sound like the same person who promised me undying love in that bus shelter!”

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean favourite

[@sunnyshine2215]

I like how she called all the men she was seeing by their surnames😁

[@robin42343]

And their names all had 3 syllables!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

The days when people were addressed by surnames.

[@R_L_1369]

Good observation! Wasn’t she at one point seeing a guy she called Boris?

[@dianewebb3343]

Mr Finchley and his loud speaker on his van❤

[@GhostPirate6]

When I first watched this show as a kid, I never knew that there were two actresses who played Rose. I always thought that the actress just changed her hair and that's it.

[@annonwalangpangalan4229]

same thing, i just noticed when this page pointed it out and noticed the diff bet the two

[@rainbowgirlism]

that's cute!

[@rickmcelroy7588]

A wonderful actress that played the role perfectly...RIP. A die hard fan.

[@royveteto4134]

daisy and onslow's responses to when rose said prayer book were funny

[@karenmurray4608]

The two Roses were something else yes.

[@tonyjohansson7567]

That one of the Roses, Shirley Stelfox, went from Rose in this sit com, to Edna Birch in Emmerdale a few years later, tells something about Stelfox'es acting skills! RIP!

[@Mike0908]

Rose was one of best parts of the show. She could have a spinoff just on herself with her other family maybe guest starring once and awhile. xD

[@TheAnonyy]

the younger rose died when she was around 50's of cancer i think the other one is Edna in Emmerdale think she died a year ago.

[@Mike0908]

i know the two actresses are gone. i was talking about a spinoff back then.

[@GhostPirate6]

@@TheAnonyy Mary Millar died at 62, and she was the older actress. Shirley Stelfox died in 2015. Both died of ovarian cancer.

[@catwomanvillain6576]

@@GhostPirate6 May there Lovely Souls R. I. P. 🌹🌹

[@sineadcollins7594]

I ❤ Rose. Both actresses did a great job. She’s a fantastic character & fair play to the ladies for some of the wardrobe they had to wear 😂

[@alonenjersey]

What's not to love?

[@christopherdrennan5819]

Mary Millar was the best Rose.

[@aquablue1252]

Mary millar was stunning . Absolutely gorgeous. She looked much younger than her real age, and far younger than rose version one

[@MoniLein-yy2ue]

Yes, she actually looked like the youngest sister. The first Rose looked older than Hyacinth

[@8lifeisamovie8]

Rose: That's what I miss, a little companionship in my lonely bed. Onslo: no wonder yours is a lonely bed, you are always in somebody else's...:D (S5E5)

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

He wasn't wrong.

[@ddthewolf]

Onslow was brutal, it was awesome!

[@jeromepaxkiro552]

😝🤣😆🤣😂

[@MoniLein-yy2ue]

They were all right…about each other 😅

[@curtott3396]

Mary Millar was the best Rose, more believable, I'm surprised they never had her sing, the whole cast was very good, Onslo especially. I bought the box set of this show in America.

[@stephensnell5707]

Keeping up appearances is a Comedy NOT a show

[@stephensnell5707]

You mean Onslow(you forgot to type the w)

[@fattyfeast6289]

It's the third time this week and it's only Wednesday 😂

[@MsBananasmel]

RIP both Roses. Both brilliant.

[@LoveandLight877]

I truly love Rose’s character

[@jamesr1703]

Onslow in his Green Bay Packers t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, of course.

[@robertalmond1898]

Rose: 'No, no, no you're not interrupting anything, no. I was just sitting here quietly reading my prayerbook. Oh, yes, yes, I often read my prayerbook'' 😂😂😂

[@bo2720]

Lol daisy cracking up so bad lol

[@robertalmond1898]

@@bo2720 yeah😆

[@Edelweiss-hh6tk]

The Born again Christian. She met him in the pub. Onslow - Must have been his night off.

[@bearnurse1]

Roses next line was "the family always laugh at me, they say there goes our Rose reading 'er prayer book again" that always cracks me up

[@chocolatemuffin21]

Sitting here quietly reading my prayer book

[@RIXRADvidz]

2 Roses, Olde Rose, and Lovely Rose. Olde Rose, more Polly Holliday, Lovely Rose more, Rue McClanahan's 'Blanche'. Both are fun to have around for Hyacinth's reactions.

[@rainbowlady1532]

Both roses are cool, 1st one is more edgy, 2nd one much more melodramatic. First rose looked like a cross between Gwen Stefani and Lady Gaga Second Rose looked like Kylie Minogue and Charlotte from the Tiana Disney movie. Both look like Barbie

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

Mary Miller, best legs in the universe

[@smontalvo210]

This is one of my favorite shows.

[@TipsyMcStumble82]

Rose was like Blanche from The Golden Girls.

[@davidz2808]

She also has loads of flings with married men?!

[@Jakegothicsnake]

“Oh, honey! You’re a MUCH better Rose than the one we got back in the States! One we have is a bubble-headed goody two shoes who’s always telling these stories of her hometown in Minnesota called St. Olaf, and LAWD are they LONG and DULL! Stick with me Sugar and we’ll CREAM the datin’ scene!”

[@rawyld]

Yeah that is true

[@dustbunny4527]

@@davidz2808 no. She’s never with a married man. She admitted it in one of the episodes. Just lots of different men and thinks the sun revolves around her like Rose here. 😁

[@robertrs00]

To quote Blanche: "Blanche Devereaux has never been with another woman's husband. Oh, except that one time. Now that was not my fault, she was pronounced dead...those paramedics never give up."

[@pamscott-fahnestock8601]

Love both ladies. Wonderful show!

[@cannibalangel2341]

I Don’t Care For Language Like That When I’m Wearing My Best Earrings.💅🏼💖👑

[@Maarjaanaa]

I LOVE them both !

[@MeBallerman]

RIP gorgeous, gorgeous, stunning one.

[@hansvandenberg6464]

The second Rose, marvelous

[@TheAnonyy]

Love this show

[@hiramdominicus7413]

Both were amazing but i prefer the second one….. loved her tragic romance outburts…. 😂

[@jay1hi547]

Rose was betrayed and abandoned.

[@annmills5853]

So funny l could watch these sitcom over and over again 😂😂😂😂😂

[@istvanpraha]

I love all of them, even more every year that goes by!

[@dtt1373]

There is no war of the roses they were both good;

[@vegasprepperone]

MISS YOU MARY !!!!! our ROSE !!!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

And Shirley too 💕

[@bearnurse1]

There goes our Rose again reading 'er prayer book

[@dominicharkin1637]

Hyacinth was always ashamed of her sister Rose 🌹 in every episode

[@imahick5723]

I think that Hyacinth might have been a little jealous of our Rose!

[@josephhickey7382]

shirley stelfox and mary miller two goodlooking ladies

[@sunnyshine2215]

You forgot the classic scene where she becomes a nun and turns up to the church drugged up and says “knees! If I’m going to be a nun I should be on my knees”

[@stanochocki8984]

'Our Rose'...both Actresses gave a valid and delicious interpretation to the character....but felt that the 2nd 'Rose' was more what American audiences would expect from an English Actress portraying such. a 'loose canon in Perpetual Love, with Love'...and the 2nd one, did remind me of 2, or 3 of my also Gay Buddies---who ranted on, every Sunday Afternoon about some Married man they hooked-up with at the Clubs, on Saturday Night....Love the lot of 'em..

[@skipeastport5529]

@stan ochocki I’m American and totally preferred Shirley Stelfox in the part. Mary was excellent too. I’m not knocking her in any way, but I think it’s funnier when characters are cast against type. Mary’s Rose was written to be more of the cliched blond bombshell. We’ve seen that in comedies a million times though. Shirley was edgier. She didn’t physically look like the kind of woman who’d have multiple boyfriends and love affairs. That was the joke of her Rose, and the incongruity of it was funnier to me. Wish Shirley had appeared in at least half of the total series. She and Mary each brought a different take and different humor to the role. My sensibility always leans toward the less obvious which is why I usually find British humor funnier than American.

[@szukajacyspokoju5242]

I love Rose, I identify with her

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

Her life is soo over the top! She constantly has to shack up with married men to get her fix!

[@christhornycroft3686]

Most 13 year old boys in Canada were watching Married With Children at the time. I was watching this. You can imagine what I was thinking with Rose doing her antics. I was so lucky, at least in that sense - to be exposed, as it were, to such great television.

[@MegaVijay1]

0:50 6 foot pole $, more like 6 foot joystick 😂

[@Iggywiggywoo]

It's hard to believe that the new Rose is older and died before the old Rose.

[@sarahlong9962]

They were both amazing can't say that one was better than the other so funny

[@tragical-history-tour]

she's such an icon ✨💋💅

[@madonnafani1]

1:38 His wife could be listening😂😂😂😂

[@Italy55]

Quietly reading my prayer book 🤣

[@ec7152]

"Its ma sister Rose, shes not the one with the swimming pool, sauna and theres no room for a pony"

[@preciousjey]

Lol! A 6 foot Pole. Like a younger Lech Walesa.

[@dianewebb3343]

The 1st Rose was ok but 2nd Rose was brilliant!! Oo Mr Finchley, keep your hands to yourself!

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

Shirley stelfox and mary millar were good A+ Acting from both with rose

[@aquablue1252]

Mary WAS Rose .

[@annabellemorrison4897]

She was a strong Christian in real life - our family were close friends, she used to even teach me drama as a girl. Beautiful woman inside and out!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Besides this role, went don't know much about Mary. RIP 💕

[@RaphaelAnthony]

Confession: I had a huge crush on Rose growing up. Till this day I hope I find my Rose.

[@AngelusBrady]

Marry a nice woman then cheat on her later on. That's how all those men found Rose.

[@Thelma158]

Both Roses looked so similar and had the same kind of voice I never realized there were 2. I thought she just had her haircut and styled different later on.

[@AngelusBrady]

You and me both.

[@mijan2929]

She reminds me of Blanche Devereaux

[@ishakeister6725]

Love this

[@robinellison6708]

Love this show! 😂

[@tjv1516]

Rest in peace botb of them

[@blueskye6372]

Liked both 🌹📺🎬💚

[@anneliedorman2435]

I like the second rose

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Rip both roses we will.miss you

[@peterkrawczyk5907]

Haha third time this week and it's Wednesday

[@naly202]

Rose is just like one of my cats when she's in heat

[@kaymay90]

Both actresses portrayed Rose quite differently, and both versions were wonderful. Shirley' Stelfox played a deadpan, more serious, more toned-down version of Rose. Mary Millar's Rose was a more ditsy, playful, Blanch-Devereaux type of Rose. Both did an exceptional job playing Rose, but I'm more inclined to say I like Mary Millar's Rose more because a) her Rose is funnier to me, b) there's 4x more of her Rose and c) she was my first Rose (I think the first episode I've ever seen was either mid-2nd or mid-third season). My favorite Rose moment is of course - Rose: Knees. If I'm going to be a nun I should be on me knees. Richard: It's me that'll be on my knees. Rose: Oh, Richard wants to be a nun, too! Richard: She's surprisingly heavy for a short-skirted person. Then the end, when she's caught with the Vicar. Rose: It's alright, I'm going to be a nun! The whole episode is great, but the last 8 minutes of The Unfortunate Prospect of Early Retirement are pure brilliance.

[@aaronhall5796]

That episode is my favourite. I end up crying with laughter every time.

[@timbunker4529]

Actually they where both superb in the role.

[@theovolz3073]

Interesting fact: Both actresses to play rose died of ovarian cancer.

[@petermacleod5710]

That is very sad. I didn’t know that.

[@WillowJordan1979]

Wow, that's like the curse of playing Rose.

[@sashaking1111]

Poor things!!

[@theonetruesarauniya]

That's so sad.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Except the first Rose lived to a good age

[@ebonygoddess1000]

Why does Rose remind me of Blanche from The Golden Girls?🤔

[@Barbe]

So melodramatic. xD

[@wwemario12345]

Rose 1 or Rose 2? Rose 2 will always be my pick

[@skipeastport5529]

They play the roles totally differently . They’re both good at their own interpretation but I preferred Shirley (Rose #1). Don’t think she gets enough love. RIP to both ladies.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Yes Rose two was brilliant. More campy, dramatic and full of heart

[@iwona6037]

Rose😊😍😍😍

[@JMFabiano]

Mary was my favorite.

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

The first "Our Rose" was good...but she couldn't hold a candle to Mary.

[@benmossad2073]

Mary Miller it is fro me !!!

[@davidz2808]

Why does she call her lovers by their surnames? How can she not be on first-name terms with them?!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

That was a time when people were addressed as Mr, Ms and Mrs

[@davidz3879]

@@Shane-Flanagan Their own lovers?! In the 90s?! She doesn't call anyone else by their surnames.

[@AngelusBrady]

@@davidz3879 Certain British people did that. The whole "Mr. and Mrs. Tweety" thing from Chicken Run was based on reality.

[@davidz3879]

@@AngelusBrady Do you personally know anyone who calls their lovers by their surnames, but whom doesn't call anyone else by their surnames?

[@AngelusBrady]

@@davidz3879 I don't live in England. But I said, this was based on reality.

[@scotty87able]

Wonder what the phone bills were each month

[@rayoflight6505]

Original Rose was too brash and lacked the heart of Rose 2.0. Rose had to be likable.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

The 2nd actress brought more to the role definitely. More camp and dramatic.

[@tonyaruth5568]

❤️🌵🍀

[@Rouge89]

Old rose then young rose

[@AngelusBrady]

Mary Miller was actually 5 years older than Shirley Stelfox.

[@Rouge89]

@@AngelusBrady ok

[@AngelusBrady]

@@Rouge89 You probably have no idea which actress played which Rose, do you?

[@newerafrican]

Mary Millar was hot. I don't know how old she was when she played Rose but she had a fine pair of pins.

[@elenagavrosh3919]

😀😍

[@beani24329]

I can’t live without Mr. Hepplewhite! Not since the tragedy! It’s what happens to all men in the end! He’s gone back to his wife!

[@racerja3173]

The first rose played Edna in emmerdale

[@Rouge89]

Oh

[@TeaAtTwo2]

Was Shirley Stelfox in Emmerdale?

[@007beck9]

Yes as Edna

[@ThePoreproductions]

Does anyone think that Rose is just like Blanche from the American show The Golden Girls?

[@davidvonbrawn4904]

People need new clips. Everyone's more likely to get Britbox if they show clips that are not a year or two old.

[@rkgaustin9043]

@1:55

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

One of the few times where both Hyacinth and Daisy agreed - Rose was WAY too much of a skank.

[@josephhickey7382]

elizabeth is goodlooking

[@MikeWildePredator]

What About The Best- Oh Sorry, The Worst Of Violet Video?

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Her sister who has that big house with room for a sauna and a pony.😉

[@brucewilliams8714]

We did once or twice see Violet, especially when her cross-dressing husband was outside.

[@paulahunt5621]

I don’t think we saw enough of Violet to make a best of reel.

[@dannigro8794]

@@JaneDoe-ci3gj Don’t forget about the swimming pool and Mercedes

[@hidebarnes8188]

Btw is that same set as royal family

[@HonouringMiyukiandAce1414]

The world was a better place when we had Patrica

[@leowalker4248]

She’s still alive

[@HonouringMiyukiandAce1414]

Yeah but not the same

[@candythomson844]

I wonder 🤔 why Shirley left her role she was perfect I watched her in an episode of the bill also very good 👍