Marcia Rodd
Acting • Born 1940-07-08 – Died 2025-12-27
Biography
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).
Filmography
48 credits
Little Murders
Movie • 1971
Patsy Newquist
Keeping On
Movie • 1983
Mary Goodwin
Last Embrace
Movie • 1979
Adrian
Citizens Band
Movie • 1977
Portland Angel
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Movie • 1985
Lilly
Dante's Hotel
Movie • 2023
Old Emily
T.R. Baskin
Movie • 1971
Dayle
The Scout
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Lacy
Road to the Well
Movie • 2016
Barb
The Scottish Tale
Movie • 1998
Sarah
A Movie Star's Daughter
Movie • 1979
Barbara McKain
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Movie • 1976
Eve
American Christmas
Movie • 2019
Martha
Pioneer Spirit
Movie • 1969
The Wizard of Oz
Movie • 1964
Dorothy
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Carol Traynor
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Laverne & Shirley
TV • 1976
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Hunter
TV • 1984
Miss Doyle
ER
TV • 1994
Melissa Harold's Mother
Bret Maverick
TV • 1981
Family Law
TV • 1999
Susan Lumberg
Good Heavens
TV • 1976
The Four Seasons
TV • 1984
Claudia Zimmer
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Barbara McKain
The Dumplings
TV • 1976
Stephanie
13 Queens Blvd.
TV • 1979
Elaine Dowling
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Night Court
TV • 1984
Nora Bowers Sedgwick
Hunters
TV • 2020
Helga Hansöm
The Army Show
TV • 1998
Visiting General
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Margaret Hanson
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Gertie Schmitt
Empty Nest
TV • 1988
The Woman
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Sandra Pappish
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Barbara Burton
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Betty Fiddler
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Madeline DeHaven
Maude
TV • 1972
Leslie Perkins
Family Law
TV • 1999
Judge Paula Scott
Renegade
TV • 1992
Judge Joan Stephens
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Little Mama Ryan