Rosemary's Baby characters

Appears from the start

A young woman who moves with her actor husband into the Bramford, an old Manhattan apartment building with an unsettling history. Rosemary is eager to make a home and have a child, and her openness leaves her slow to challenge the older neighbors who take an intense interest in her life.

Appears from the start

Rosemary's husband, an ambitious actor whose career has stalled. He is initially skeptical of the Bramford's reputation and impatient with Rosemary's misgivings, while remaining keenly alert to any opportunity that might advance his work.

Also known as Hutch

Appears from the start

An older friend of Rosemary who acts as a protective, well-informed father figure. He knows the Bramford's grim history and warns the Woodhouses that its past residents included people associated with murder and occult practices.

First appears in chapter 4

Rosemary and Guy's talkative next-door neighbor at the Bramford. Minnie is intrusive, energetic, and relentlessly hospitable, quickly pressing the younger couple to visit her household.

First appears in chapter 4

Minnie's courtly husband, a worldly older man who says he has traveled widely. He is less overbearing than Minnie but shares her strong interest in befriending the younger couple.

First appears in chapter 3

A troubled young woman whom the Castevets took into their home after meeting her on the street. She befriends Rosemary in the Bramford's basement laundry room and proudly shows her an unusual pendant that Minnie gave her.

First appears in chapter 13

A fashionable obstetrician recommended by the Castevets after Rosemary becomes pregnant. Confident and reassuring, he dismisses her early pain as normal, gives her strict instructions, and discourages both medical reading and consultation with friends.

First appears in chapter 12

The obstetrician Rosemary initially chooses when she learns she is pregnant. His ordinary professional manner contrasts with the intense personal involvement of the neighbors around her.

First appears in chapter 16

A friend of Rosemary who attends the Woodhouses' party for younger guests. More willing than the older people around Rosemary to question her medical care, she is alarmed by Rosemary's weight loss and persistent pain.

First appears in chapter 14

A woman in the Castevets' circle who becomes a regular presence during Rosemary's pregnancy. She helps Minnie supervise Rosemary's food and routine and treats the pregnancy as a matter in which the whole neighboring group has a stake.