He felt that White would be a better fit for Rose because she had played Sue Ann Nivens in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, who is similar to the character of Blanche Devereaux.

She is described as having daydreamed that her birth father was Bob Hope and that she wrote the comedian many letters whenever she fell on tough times.

[4] Fourth out of nineteen at high school graduation, the character claims she was chosen valedictorian because she drew the longest straw.

She and Charlie had a long and happy marriage and a very active sex life, such that she was unaware of the existence of I Love Lucy.

In an episode of The Golden Palace, a man said to bear an incredibly strong resemblance to Charlie makes an appearance; the look-alike is played by Eddie Albert.

Later in the series, Rose suffers financial difficulties when her late husband's employer files for bankruptcy and her pension is cut off.

She suffers from age discrimination in her attempts to get a new job, but her luck changes when she gets a position as assistant to TV consumer reporter Enrique Más.

His former employer, "The Cheese Man," begins dating Rose in order to get information on Miles's whereabouts.

Their relationship later ends permanently during an episode of The Golden Palace when Rose discovers that Miles loves another woman, one whom he subsequently marries .

In the season three episode "Mother's Day", Rose encounters a travelling woman named Anna, who says about St. Olaf, "I don't mean to say that everyone there is an idiot, but it just seemed that, per capita, they have more than their share."