Marcia Rodd
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).
Acting
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Gertie Schmitt
2005
TV
ER
as Melissa Harold's Mother
1994
TV
M*A*S*H
1972
TV
Home Improvement
as Barbara Burton
1991
TV
Hunters
as Helga Hansöm
2020
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Betty Fiddler
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Madeline DeHaven
1984
TV
Without a Trace
as Sandra Pappish
2002
TV
Highway to Heaven
1984
TV
21 Jump Street
as Margaret Hanson
1987
TV
All in the Family
as Carol Traynor
1971
TV
Renegade
as Judge Joan Stephens
1992
TV
Night Court
as Nora Bowers Sedgwick
1984
Movie
The Scout
as Mrs. Lacy
1994
TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976
TV
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
TV
Hunter
as Miss Doyle
1984
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Last Embrace
as Adrian
1979
Movie
Little Murders
as Patsy Newquist
1971
TV
Laverne & Shirley
1976
TV
Maude
as Leslie Perkins
1972
TV
Lou Grant
1977
TV
Empty Nest
as The Woman
1988