Carole Ita White

Carole Ita White (born She grew up in Beverly Hills and attended Arizona State University.

Career Carole Ita White started appearing in episodic TV and small film roles in the early 1970s. Her first TV job was a TV movie titled Evil Roy Slade, starring John Astin, Mickey Rooney, and Milton Berle. The movie was written by producer and director Garry Marshall. Marshall cast her in a role on his series The Odd Couple.

She played Big Rosie Greenbaum on Laverne & Shirley. White landed the recurring role after an appearance as Raunchy Girl 1 in the first season episode "Dating Slump". Big Rosie was first seen as a nemesis to the title characters during the second season in the episode "Bachelor Mothers". She continued to make appearances as Big Rosie during the second and third seasons of the show. White did not appear again until the seventh season in an episode where Laverne and Shirley attend a high school reunion ("Class of '56").

White made guest starring appearances on such programs as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Love Boat, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Wayans Bros. and Profiler. She appeared on several game shows, including The $20,000 Pyramid.

White's film debut came in Up the Sandbox. She has continued to appear in small roles in films over the years, including Falling Down, The Witches of Eastwick, Grand Canyon, and The Fabulous Baker Boys. She appeared in the 2006 independent film Wannabe.

Personal life On January 19, 2010, White came out as bisexual during an interview on Sirius Radio's Frank Decaro Show on OutQ Gay Radio.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1973 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Girl At Party 1 episode Love, American Style Alma 3 episodes (segment "Love and the Baby Derby" ) 1975 S.W.A.T. Augusta 1 episode 1975–1976 Starsky & Hutch Bertha Zelinka 2 episodes 1976 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Nurse Pudney 1 episode Helter Skelter "Big Sal" TV movie Baby Blue Marine Girl On Bus Pipe Dream Rosey Rottencrotch 1976–1982 Laverne & Shirley Rosie Greenbaum 12 episodes 1978 The Love Boat Penny Jacobs 1 episode 1980 Diff'rent Strokes Valerie 1 episode 1982 The Concrete Jungle "Cheeks" 1983 Chained Heat "Spider" as Carol White Remington Steele Terry Lowell Dannon 1 episode 1984 National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Roberta Savage Streets Ms. Jenkins Airwolf Nurse 1 episode 1985 Trapper John, M.D. Corky 1 episode Hellhole Nurse Turner 1986 The Naked Cage "Trouble" 1987 The Witches of Eastwick The Cashier Falcon Crest Prostitute 1 episode 1988 The Wrong Guys Ginger Grunski as Carol Ita White 1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys Bad Singer 1990 Who's the Boss? Receptionist 1 episode 1991 Life Goes On Carol Matthews 1 episode Grand Canyon Morning Nurse 1992 The Jackie Thomas Show Erin 1 episode 1994 The Unborn II Marge Philips Beverly Hills, 90210 Nurse Bethany 1 episode 1996 Bombshell Carol The Wayans Bros. Doris 1 episode Ned and Stacey Mary 1 episode 1997 Profiler Unknown Role 1 episode 2005 Wannabe Janice Peterson 2006 Karla Waitress