Marcia Rodd

ActingBorn: July 8, 1940in Lyons, Kansas, USADied: December 27, 2025

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).

Marcia Rodd

Dante's Hotel

Hunters

American Christmas

Road to the Well

Grey's Anatomy

Without a Trace

Family Law

Family Law

Wanted

The Army Show

The Scottish Tale

The Scout

ER

Renegade

Home Improvement

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Empty Nest

21 Jump Street

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Highway to Heaven

Hunter

The Four Seasons

Night Court

Keeping On

Cassie & Co.

American Playhouse

Bret Maverick

A Movie Star's Daughter

Trapper John, M.D.

Last Embrace

13 Queens Blvd.

Lou Grant

Citizens Band

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

Quincy, M.E.

Good Heavens

The Dumplings

Laverne & Shirley

ABC Afterschool Special

M*A*S*H

Maude

T.R. Baskin

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Little Murders

All in the Family

Medical Center

Pioneer Spirit

The Wizard of Oz

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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