Marcia Rodd
Actor
Born July 8, 1940 in Lyons, Kansas, USA
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
Dante's Hotel
Old Emily
Hunters
Helga Hansöm
American Christmas
Martha
Road to the Well
Barb
Grey's Anatomy
Gertie Schmitt
Without a Trace
Sandra Pappish
Family Law
Susan Lumberg
Wanted
Mama Scrico
The Army Show
Visiting General
The Scottish Tale
Sarah
The Scout
Mrs. Lacy
ER
Melissa Harold's Mother
Renegade
Judge Joan Stephens
Home Improvement
Barbara Burton
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Agent
Empty Nest
The Woman
21 Jump Street
Margaret Hanson
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Lilly
Murder, She Wrote
Betty Fiddler
Highway to Heaven
Hunter
Miss Doyle
The Four Seasons
Claudia Zimmer
Night Court
Nora Bowers Sedgwick
Keeping On
Mary Goodwin
Cassie & Co.
Little Mama Ryan
American Playhouse
Mary Goodwin
Bret Maverick
A Movie Star's Daughter
Barbara McKain
Trapper John, M.D.
Last Embrace
Adrian
13 Queens Blvd.
Elaine Dowling
Lou Grant
Citizens Band
Portland Angel
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Eve
Quincy, M.E.
Good Heavens
Laverne & Shirley
ABC Afterschool Special
Barbara McKain
M*A*S*H
Maude
Leslie Perkins
T.R. Baskin
Dayle
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Linda Gallo
Little Murders
Patsy Newquist
All in the Family
Carol Traynor
Medical Center
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self