Marcia Rodd

American actress

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. 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.

She was the daughter of Charles and Rosetta (née Thran) Rodd. Her father was an oil company executive. She has a brother, Stephen Rodd, a lawyer, and a sister, Barbara. 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.

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

Year Title Role Notes1971Little MurdersPatsy Newquist1971T. R. BaskinDayle Wigoda1972VD BluesWoman1977Handle with CarePortland AngelNominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress1979Last EmbraceAdrian1994Mrs. Lacy1997Mulligans!MadgeShort1998Sarah2000WantedMama Scrico2012ParallaxCassandraShort2015Shining SeasMariaShort2015Broken: A MusicalJudge2016Road to the WallBarb2019American ChristmasMartha

Year Title Role Notes1971Linda"Linda, Linda, Linda"1972Young Dr. KildareDr. Nicole Keefe"Chemistry of Anger"1972Medical CenterConnie"The Torn Man"1972All in the FamilyMarilyn Sanders / Carol Traynor"Mike's Mysterious Son", "Maude"1975Medical CenterPhyllis"The Captives"1975Barnaby JonesNurse Marion Hollister"Fatal Witness"1976StephanieRegular role1976Good HeavensJoanne"Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceEveTV film1977PhyllisJoanne Valenti"Dan's Ex"1977All's FairVanessa Farr"The Dick and Vanessa Show"1977MaudeLeslie Perkins"Walter's Temptation"1978M*A*S*HNurse Lorraine Anderson"Temporary Duty"197913 Queens BoulevardElaine DowlingMain role1979ABC Afterschool SpecialBarbara McKain"A Movie Star's Daughter"1979Quincy, M. E. Eleanor Janssen"Sweet Land of Liberty"1979Lou GrantNancy Rhoden"Samaritan"1980Archie Bunker's PlaceAllison Flanders"Home Again"1980InsightPat McGinn / Kay Durban"Unfinished Business", "God in the Dock"1980–86Trapper John, M. D. E. J. RiversideRecurring role1981Flamingo RoadAlice KovacsRecurring role1981MaggieMiss Turley"The School Conference"1981Bret MaverickCapt. Estelle Slater"The Yellow Rose"1982Laverne & ShirleyHillary"The Playboy Show"1982Lou GrantVivian Hamlin"Cameras"1983American PlayhouseMary Goodwin"Keeping On"1984Night CourtNora Bowers Sedgwick"Hi Honey, I'm Home"1984Claudia Zimmer13 episodes1984Gimme a Break!Off. Dwyer"Carl's Delicate Moment"1985Highway to HeavenAnn Haynes"The Right Thing"1985Too Close for ComfortMargaret Sinclair"Off and Running"1985Between the Darkness and the DawnLillyTV film1987Buck JamesSara Taylor"A Question of Loyalty"1986Murder, She WroteBetty Fiddler"Keep the Home Fires Burning"1987–8921 Jump StreetMargaret Hanson"After School Special", "Christmas in Saigon", "Loc'd Out: Part 2"1988Murder, She WroteMadeline DeHaven"Harbinger of Death"1990HunterMiss Doyle"Oh, the Shark Bites! "1994RenegadeJudge Joan Stephens"Once Burned, Twice Chey"1995Home ImprovementBarbara Burton"Doctor in the House"1996SistersJane Wilcott Sumner"Housecleaning"2000Family LawSusan Lumberg"Telling Lies"2001–02Family LawJudge Paula Scott"Recovery", "Celano v. Foster"2003Without a TraceSandra Pappish"Moving On"2012Treelore TheatreGranny Gilly"Memory Lane Diner"2013–14Broken at LoveGrandma Lulu"Post Match Analysis", "Sudden Death"2014Hellman v. McCarthyMary McCarthyTV film2017The Young and the RestlessMyrna Bloodworth2 episodes2020Grey's Anatomy Gertie SchmittEpisode: "The Last Supper"2023HuntersHelga Hansöm"The Home"