Marcia Rodd
ActingMarcia 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
Old Emily
Dante's Hotel
2023
Martha
American Christmas
2019
Barb
Road to the Well
2016
Mama Scrico
Wanted
1998
Sarah
The Scottish Tale
1998
Mrs. Lacy
The Scout
1994
Lilly
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
Mary Goodwin
Keeping On
1983
Barbara McKain
A Movie Star's Daughter
1979
Adrian
Last Embrace
1979
Portland Angel
Citizens Band
1977
Eve
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976
Dayle
T.R. Baskin
1971
Patsy Newquist
Little Murders
1971
Dorothy
The Wizard of Oz
1964
TV Shows
Helga Hansöm
Hunters
2020
Gertie Schmitt
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Sandra Pappish
Without a Trace
2002
Susan Lumberg
Family Law
1999
Judge Paula Scott
Family Law
1999
Visiting General
The Army Show
1998
Melissa Harold's Mother
ER
1994
Judge Joan Stephens
Renegade
1992
Barbara Burton
Home Improvement
1991
Agent
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
The Woman
Empty Nest
1988
Margaret Hanson
21 Jump Street
1987
Betty Fiddler
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Madeline DeHaven
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Miss Doyle
Hunter
1984
Claudia Zimmer
The Four Seasons
1984
Nora Bowers Sedgwick
Night Court
1984
Little Mama Ryan
Cassie & Co.
1982
Mary Goodwin
American Playhouse
1982