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Marcia Rodd
Rodd, 1970s promotional photo
Born	Marcia Rodd
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1962–present
Spouse	Dale Hagen ​ ​(m. 1960; div. 1978)​

Marcia Rodd is 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. She 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). In 1969, she originated the role of Bobbi in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers.

Early years

She was the daughter of Charles and Rosetta (née Thran) Rodd. Her father was an oil company executive. She has a brother, Stephen Rodd, a lawyer, and a sister, Barbara. For most of her youth, Rodd and her family lived in Tulsa. They moved to Wichita in time for her to attend East High School for her senior year. She also worked part-time at a store. She studied drama at Northwestern University, under the tutelage of Alvina Krause. She married Dale Hagen and followed him to New Haven, Connecticut where he enrolled in Yale Law School. and she performed in Yale Repertory Theatre. The couple then moved to New York City.

Career

Rodd spent the 1960s and 1970s appearing on and off Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in late 1964 as a replacement in the musical Oh, What a Lovely War, assuming the roles placed by Linda Loftis. In 1966, she appeared as a replacement in the off-Broadway musical The Mad Show, and replaced Marian Mercer as Olivia in Your Own Thing, a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, one week after it opened off-Broadway in January 1968. She appeared in Norman Krasna's short-lived Broadway comedy Love in E Flat in 1967. From December 1969 to March 1971, Rodd performed in Neil Simon's The Last of the Red Hot Lovers on Broadway opposite Linda Lavin, Doris Roberts, and James Coco. Her portrayal of Maud in the Broadway musical Shelter garnered her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. in 1973, losing to Glynis Johns for A Little Night Music.

In 1971, she appeared in the film T.R. Baskin with Candice Bergen, and the black comedy Little Murders opposite Elliott Gould. Her other film credits included Handle with Care (1977) and Last Embrace (1979).

During the 1970s, she appeared in several made-for-television productions, and continued making appearances on television shows through the next three decades. One of these appearances was in the episode of All in the Family that served as the pilot for the series Maude in the role of Maude's daughter Carol Traynor, who was eventually played by Adrienne Barbeau in the series. She had also played another character on a previous All in the Family episode, "Mike's Mysterious Son", earlier that same season. Other guest appearances on television included M*A*S*H, Match Game '76, Murder, She Wrote, and a recurring role as Stanley Riverside's wife on Trapper John, M.D.

In 1978 she starred as the ingenue Cynthia Carter in the short-lived stage musical Barbary Coast.

Rodd portrayed Elaine Dowling in the TV series 13 Queens Boulevard in 1979.

She returned to Broadway in the mid-1980s, as a replacement for the role of Clara in Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport. In 1989 and 1994, she starred in two separate national tours of Fiddler on the Roof, as Golde opposite both Theodore Bikel and Topol as Tevye, respectively.

She also appeared in a 2003 episode of the television series Without a Trace, the 2012 short film Parallax, and the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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2. Engels, J. A. (April 3, 1971). "Marcia Rodd Just Looks Nice". The Ithaca Journal. Newsweek Service. p. 46. Retrieved November 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Former Wichitan Marcia Rodd To Star in '13 Queens Blvd.'". The Wichita Eagle. March 18, 1979. p. TV Week - 4}. Retrieved November 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Marcia Rodd | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
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6. "Oh What a Lovely War – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
7. "Trivia & History for Your Own Thing (Original Off-Broadway Production, 1968) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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9. "Shelter – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
10. "I'm Not Rappaport – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
11. "Fiddler on the Roof – Broadway Musical – 1994-1996 Tour | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
12. "Fiddler on the Roof – Broadway Musical – 1989-1990 Tour | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.

External links

• Marcia Rodd at IMDb
• Marcia Rodd at the Internet Broadway Database
• Marcia Rodd at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• American film actresses
• American stage actresses
• American television actresses
• Actresses from Kansas
• Living people
• People from Lyons, Kansas
• Northwestern University School of Communication alumni
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses