Marcia Rodd
ActingBiography
Marcia Rodd (July 8, 1938 – December 27, 2025) was 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. In 1969, she originated the role of Bobbi in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Rodd 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).
Movies
(15 total)
The Scout
as Mrs. Lacy
Last Embrace
as Adrian
Little Murders
as Patsy Newquist
Citizens Band
as Portland Angel
T.R. Baskin
as Dayle
Dante's Hotel
as Old Emily
American Christmas
as Martha
Road to the Well
as Barb
A Movie Star's Daughter
as Barbara McKain
The Scottish Tale
as Sarah
Keeping On
as Mary Goodwin
The Wizard of Oz
as Dorothy
TV Shows
(33 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Gertie Schmitt
ER
as Melissa Harold's Mother
Home Improvement
as Barbara Burton
Hunters
as Helga Hansöm
Murder, She Wrote
as Betty Fiddler
Murder, She Wrote
as Madeline DeHaven
Without a Trace
as Sandra Pappish
21 Jump Street
as Margaret Hanson
All in the Family
as Carol Traynor
Renegade
as Judge Joan Stephens
Night Court
as Nora Bowers Sedgwick
Hunter
as Miss Doyle
Maude
as Leslie Perkins
