![]() ![]() By doing so, he will help to save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. Like Tolkien’s books, the early aughts film followed a hobbit named Frodo Baggins ( Elijah Wood) as he embarks upon a journey with others to destroy the One Ring. Tolkien’s fantasy series The Lord of the Rings made its big screen debut in 2001 with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - and the rest is history. She barely speaks at all, but dances at Bilbo's party, eagerly taking Sam in her arms as he is encouraged to participate by Frodo.Heading back to Middle-earth! Author J.R.R. In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Rosie lives at 10 Bagshot Row and is played by Sarah McLeod and is employed as a barmaid. In The Lord of the Rings (1981 Radio Series), Rosie was voiced by Kathryn Hurlbutt. In The Return of the King (1980 film), Rosie was not voiced by anyone but was seen as a blonde woman in a dream that Sam had when he is in Cirith Ungol. Possible Rosie Cotton from Rankin-Bass Return of the King (1980) Portrayal in adaptations Rankin/Bass film ![]() Rosie Cotton from The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Mountain of Fire Expansion Behind the scenes " I think the simple 'rustic' love of Sam and his Rosie (nowhere elaborated) is absolutely essential to the study of his (the chief hero's) character, and to the theme of the relation of ordinary life (breathing, eating, working, begetting) and quests, sacrifice, causes, and the 'longing for Elves', and sheer beauty." - J.R.R Tolkien letter dated 1951. Sam then left Middle-earth for the Undying Lands later that year after giving their daughter the Red Book of Westmarch. Rosie died in the year 61 on Mid-year's Day at the age of ninety-eight. When they returned, they lived out their lives seeing Sam's mayoral duties passed to Tolman Cotton Jr. In their later years, Sam and Rosie went to Gondor and lived there for over one year in the house of King Aragorn II Elessar. Among them were Elanor the Fair, Frodo Gardner, and Goldilocks. Many were named after Sam and Rosie's friends and relatives. Sam and Rosie had thirteen children: Elanor, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin, Tolman (Tom). Sam and Rosie were finally married on and moved to Bag End. ![]() After the war, Sam and Frodo lived with Rosie and the Cottons for a time until Bag End was restored to liveable conditions. During this time, Sam got the chance to tell her where he had really been and what he had really been doing for over a year. She eventually helped him and the other returning hobbits fight and defeat the Ruffians and Sharkey. ![]() When Sam came back on November 2, 3019, she told him that she had expected him by the spring and thought him dead. Rosie and her family were just as angry as most everyone else but remained docile due to having a family to look after. Though not pleased that he was away for a year, she waited for him patiently. Being very close friends with Sam, she expected that she and him would eventually marry, and expecting a marriage proposal soon she didn't like it when she heard Sam had left the Shire, apparently for Crickhollow. Her early life is not well recorded but it is known that she and her family were always close to the Gamgees, and her brothers frequently swam in the Bywater Pool as youths with the Gamgees including Sam. She lived with her family on South Lane, in a farm near Bywater. Rosie was a Cotton the daughter of Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown, and the sister of Tolman (Tom), Wilcome Cotton (Jolly), Bowman (Nick), and Carl Cotton (Nibs), and wife of Samwise Gamgee. She became the mother of Frodo Gardner, Elanor, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin, and Tolman (Tom). She wedded Samwise Gamgee, renowned companion of Frodo Baggins in the quest of the One Ring. Sarah McLeod Rose Cotton, nicknamed Rosie, was a hobbit of the Shire. ![]()
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