# Marcia McCabe

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{{short description|American soap opera actress}}
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| caption       = McCabe in the 1980s
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|5}}
| birth_place   = [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), U.S.
| death_date    = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1955|3|5}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
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| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1978–present
| education     = [Abbot Academy](/source/Abbot_Academy)<ref name="twsNYT0089"/><ref name="twsDC004"/>
| alma_mater    = [Rollins College](/source/Rollins_College)<ref name="twsNYT0089"/>
| known_for     = 
| spouse        = [Christopher Goutman](/source/Christopher_Goutman) (1985-2016)<ref name="twsNYT0089"/>
| relatives     = [Thomas Bayard McCabe](/source/Thomas_Bayard_McCabe) (grandfather)<ref name="twsNYT0089"/>
| children      = 2
| awards        = {{Awards|Distinguished Service Award|2021|Andover}}<ref name="twsAndover884"/><ref name="twsAndover0097"/>
}}

'''Marcia B. McCabe''' is an American actress.

==Early life and education==
Marcia McCabe was born in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), the granddaughter of [Scott Paper Company](/source/Scott_Paper_Company) chairman [Thomas B. McCabe](/source/Thomas_B._McCabe) and of [Parade Publications](/source/Parade_Publications) publisher [Arthur H. Motley](/source/Arthur_Harrison_Motley).<ref name="twsNYT0089"/> She graduated from [Abbot Academy](/source/Abbot_Academy) in 1973 and attended [Rollins College](/source/Rollins_College) before moving to [New York City](/source/New_York_City).

==Career==
McCabe played Sunny Adamson in the daytime television drama ''[Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow)'' from 1978 to 1986.<ref name="twsOS332"/><ref name="twsHamptoms112"/><ref name="twsSOD445"/><ref name="twsPGP223"/> In 1989, she was cast as publishing executive Alicia Grande in ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)''.<ref name="twsOS332"/> She's also appeared in episodes of ''[Another World](/source/Another_World_(TV_series))'', ''[As the World Turns](/source/As_the_World_Turns)'', and ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)'' and appeared as herself on the ''[Bob Braun Show](/source/Bob_Braun)'', the ''Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour'' and the television program entitled ''Go''.

===Awards and recognition===
In 2021, she was honored by [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy) for developing regional programming including [Meals on Wheels](/source/Meals_on_Wheels) and for her dedication and positive attitude in numerous other ''Non sibi'' projects.<ref name="twsAndover884"/><ref name="twsAndover0097"/>

==Personal life==
McCabe married fellow actor and director [Christopher Goutman](/source/Christopher_Goutman) in Pennsylvania in 1985.<ref name="twsOS332"/> The couple divorced in 2016.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television
! Year
! Show
! Role
|-
| 1978-1986
| ''[Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow)''
| Sunny Adamson<ref name="twsHamptoms112"/><ref name="twsSOD445"/><ref name="twsPGP223"/>
|-
| 1988-1989
| ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)''
| Alicia Grande
|-
| 1992-1993
| ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)''
| Leslie DuPres
|-
| 1995
| ''[Another World](/source/Another_World_(TV_series))''
| Bunny Eberhardt<ref name="twsPGP223"/>
|-
| 2008
| ''[As the World Turns](/source/As_the_World_Turns)''
| Carolyn Wheatley
|-
|}

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[[File:Sandra Urie Thorpe, Class of 1970, Adrienne Snelling, Class of 1970, Marcia Rickenbacker, Class of 1970, Marcia McCabe, Class of 1973 at Abbot Academy 150th celebration - DPLA - e2453f1a3d549328795c4c10edb0967f.jpg|thumb|right|Marcia McCabe (right) in 1979 at the 150th celebration of [Abbot Academy](/source/Abbot_Academy).]]

==References==
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<ref name="twsNYT0089">{{cite web 
| author= Staff writers
| date= April 14, 1985
| work= The New York Times
| url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1985/04/14/162335.html?pageNumber=64
| title= MARCIA MCCABE, ACTRESS, IS BRIDE OF A TV DIRECTOR
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsOS332">{{cite web 
| author= Nancy M. Reichardt (United Feature Syndicate)
| date= February 11, 1989
| publisher= Orlando Sentinel
| url= https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-02-11-8902110517-story.html
| title= MARCIA MCCABE'S IN LOVE WITH 'LIFE'
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsAndover884">{{cite web 
| author= Staff writers
| date= September 23, 2021
| publisher= Phillips Academy (Andover)
| url= https://www.andover.edu/events/campus-volunteer-summit-2021
| title= Volunteer Summit Weekend: CAMPUS: Volunteer Summit 2021
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsAndover0097">{{cite web 
| author= Staff writers
| date= September 23, 2021
| publisher= Andover Bulletin
| url= https://www.andover.edu/news/2021/2021-dsa
| title= 2021 Distinguished Service Award winners honored: Andover volunteers recognized for their commitment, uniqueness, and effectiveness
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsHamptoms112">{{cite web 
| author= Lee Fryd
| date= July 12, 2013
| publisher= Hamptons magazine
| url= https://hamptons.com/out-and-about-within-the-hedges-18488-nelson-aspens-mad-men-destination-birthday-in-html/
| title= Nelson Aspen's Mad Men Destination Birthday in East Hampton
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsSOD445">{{cite web 
| author= Beth Maitland
| date= October 10, 2019
| publisher= Soap Opera Digest
| url= https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/tbt-beth-maitland1/
| title= #TBT - BETH MAITLAND
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

<ref name="twsPGP223">Alina Adams, December 2, 2008, PGP Classic Soaps blog (publisher), McCabe & Mr. Goutman (title), retrieved October 16, 2021,</ref>

<ref name="twsDC004">{{cite web 
| author= 
| date= 1973
| publisher= Digital Commonwealth
| url= https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:ht24z137m
| title= Abbot Academy students in Butt Room including Marcia McCabe, Class of '73, and Peggy Bliss, Class of '74, Lila Wills, Class of '72
| accessdate= October 16, 2021
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFBmxfFQNs Interview with Nelson Aspen] (YouTube)
* [https://www.goantiques.com/soap-opera-digest-2550294 McCabe on the cover of Soap Opera Digest in 1980]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdjvpjo5Yg4 Scene from 'One Life to Live'] (YouTube)

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Category:1955 births
Category:Abbot Academy alumni
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:Female models from New York (state)
Category:Female models from Pennsylvania
Category:Living people
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:Rollins College alumni
Category:21st-century American women

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