Marcia Rodd

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Marcia Rodd
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Born
Marcia Rodd
OccupationActress
Years active1962–present
Spouse
Dale Hagen
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(m. 1960;div. 1978)​

Marcia Rodd is an American actress, singer, and director. After studying theatre at Northwestern University, she moved to New York City and began a successful career as a stage actress.

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She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1973 for her performance in the musical Shelter . In 1964, she starred as Dorothy Gale in a televised production of The Wizard of Oz. She made her film debut in Alan Arkin's 1971 film Little Murders , and received acclaim for her role as Portland Angel in Jonathan Demme's Handle with Care (1977). In 1969, she originated the role of Bobbi in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers .

Early years

She was the daughter of Charles and Rosetta (née Thran) Rodd. [1] Her father was an oil company executive. She has a brother, Stephen Rodd, a lawyer, and a sister, Barbara. [2] For most of her youth, Rodd and her family lived in Tulsa. They moved to Wichita in time for her to attend East High School for her senior year. She also worked part-time at a store. [3] She studied drama at Northwestern University, under the tutelage of Alvina Krause. She married Dale Hagen and followed him to New Haven, Connecticut where he enrolled in Yale Law School. and she performed in Yale Repertory Theatre. The couple then moved to New York City. [4]

Career

Rodd spent the 1960s and 1970s appearing on and off Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in late 1964 as a replacement in the musical Oh, What a Lovely War, assuming the roles placed by Linda Loftis. [5] [6] In 1966, she appeared as a replacement in the off-Broadway musical The Mad Show , and replaced Marian Mercer as Olivia in Your Own Thing , a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , one week after it opened off-Broadway in January 1968. [7] She appeared in Norman Krasna's short-lived Broadway comedy Love in E Flat in 1967. From December 1969 to March 1971, Rodd performed in Neil Simon's The Last of the Red Hot Lovers on Broadway opposite Linda Lavin, Doris Roberts, and James Coco. [8] Her portrayal of Maud in the Broadway musical Shelter garnered her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. in 1973, losing to Glynis Johns for A Little Night Music . [9]

In 1971, she appeared in the film T.R. Baskin with Candice Bergen, and the black comedy Little Murders opposite Elliott Gould. Her other film credits included Handle with Care (1977) and Last Embrace (1979).

During the 1970s, she appeared in several made-for-television productions, and continued making appearances on television shows through the next three decades. One of these appearances was in the episode of All in the Family that served as the pilot for the series Maude in the role of Maude's daughter Carol Traynor, who was eventually played by Adrienne Barbeau in the series. [4] She had also played another character on a previous All in the Family episode, "Mike's Mysterious Son", earlier that same season. Other guest appearances on television included M*A*S*H , Match Game '76 , Murder, She Wrote, and a recurring role as Stanley Riverside's wife on Trapper John, M.D.

In 1978 she starred as the ingenue Cynthia Carter in the short-lived stage musical Barbary Coast .

Rodd portrayed Elaine Dowling in the TV series 13 Queens Boulevard in 1979. [3]

She returned to Broadway in the mid-1980s, as a replacement for the role of Clara in Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport. [10] In 1989 and 1994, she starred in two separate national tours of Fiddler on the Roof , as Golde opposite both Theodore Bikel [11] and Topol [12] as Tevye, respectively.

She also appeared in a 2003 episode of the television series Without a Trace , the 2012 short film Parallax, and the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Little Murders Patsy Newquist
1971 T.R. Baskin Dayle Wigoda
1972 VD Blues Woman
1977 Handle with Care Portland AngelNominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
1979 Last Embrace Adrian
1994 The Scout Mrs. Lacy
1997Mulligans!MadgeShort
1998The Scottish TaleSarah
2000WantedMama Scrico
2012ParallaxCassandraShort
2015Shining SeasMariaShort
2015Broken: A MusicalJudge
2016Road to the WallBarb
2019American ChristmasMartha

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 The New Dick Van Dyke Show Linda"Linda, Linda, Linda"
1972 Young Dr. Kildare Dr. Nicole Keefe"Chemistry of Anger"
1972 Medical Center Connie"The Torn Man"
1972 All in the Family Marilyn Sanders / Carol Traynor"Mike's Mysterious Son", "Maude"
1975 Medical Center Phyllis"The Captives"
1975 Barnaby Jones Nurse Marion Hollister"Fatal Witness"
1976 The Dumplings StephanieRegular role
1976 Good Heavens Joanne"Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"
1976 How to Break Up a Happy Divorce EveTV film
1977 Phyllis Joanne Valenti"Dan's Ex"
1977 All's Fair Vanessa Farr"The Dick and Vanessa Show"
1977 Maude Leslie Perkins"Walter's Temptation"
1978 M*A*S*H Nurse Lorraine Anderson"Temporary Duty"
1979 13 Queens Boulevard Elaine DowlingMain role
1979 ABC Afterschool Special Barbara McKain"A Movie Star's Daughter"
1979 Quincy, M.E. Eleanor Janssen"Sweet Land of Liberty"
1979 Lou Grant Nancy Rhoden"Samaritan"
1980 Archie Bunker's Place Allison Flanders"Home Again"
1980 Insight Pat McGinn / Kay Durban"Unfinished Business", "God in the Dock"
1980–86 Trapper John, M.D. E.J. RiversideRecurring role
1981 Flamingo Road Alice KovacsRecurring role
1981 Maggie Miss Turley"The School Conference"
1981 Bret Maverick Capt. Estelle Slater"The Yellow Rose"
1982 Laverne & Shirley Hillary"The Playboy Show"
1982 Lou Grant Vivian Hamlin"Cameras"
1983 American Playhouse Mary Goodwin"Keeping On"
1984 Night Court Nora Bowers Sedgwick"Hi Honey, I'm Home"
1984The Four SeasonsClaudia Zimmer13 episodes
1984 Gimme a Break! Off. Dwyer"Carl's Delicate Moment"
1985 Highway to Heaven Ann Haynes"The Right Thing"
1985 Too Close for Comfort Margaret Sinclair"Off and Running"
1985Between the Darkness and the DawnLillyTV film
1987 Buck James Sara Taylor"A Question of Loyalty"
1986 Murder, She Wrote Betty Fiddler"Keep the Home Fires Burning"
1987–89 21 Jump Street Margaret Hanson"After School Special", "Christmas in Saigon", "Loc'd Out: Part 2"
1988 Murder, She Wrote Madeline DeHaven"Harbinger of Death"
1990 Hunter Miss Doyle"Oh, the Shark Bites!"
1994 Renegade Judge Joan Stephens"Once Burned, Twice Chey"
1995 Home Improvement Barbara Burton"Doctor in the House"
1996 Sisters Jane Wilcott Sumner"Housecleaning"
2000 Family Law Susan Lumberg"Telling Lies"
2001–02 Family Law Judge Paula Scott"Recovery", "Celano v. Foster"
2003 Without a Trace Sandra Pappish"Moving On"
2012Treelore TheatreGranny Gilly"Memory Lane Diner"
2013–14Broken at LoveGrandma Lulu"Post-Match Analysis", "Sudden Death"
2014Hellman v. McCarthyMary McCarthyTV film
2017 The Young and the Restless Myrna Bloodworth2 episodes
2020 Grey's Anatomy Gertie SchmittEpisode: "The Last Supper"
2023 Hunters Helga Hansöm"The Home"

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  2. ↑ Engels, J. A. (April 3, 1971). "Marcia Rodd Just Looks Nice". The Ithaca Journal. Newsweek Service. p. 46. Retrieved November 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Former Wichitan Marcia Rodd To Star in '13 Queens Blvd.'". The Wichita Eagle. March 18, 1979. p. TV Week - 4}. Retrieved November 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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