{{Short description|American actress (1938–2025)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Marcia rodd headshot 1970s.jpg | caption = Rodd, 1970s promotional photo | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|7|8}} | birth_place = Lyons, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|12|27|1938|7|8}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | known_for = {{hlist|Little Murders|Shelter|Handle with Care|Last of the Red Hot Lovers}} | years_active = 1962–2023 | occupation = Actress, singer, director | spouse = {{marriage|Dale Hagen<br />|1960|1978|end=divorced}} | children = }}
'''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.
Rodd 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== Rodd was born in Lyons, Kansas on July 8, 1938.<ref name="THR" /> She was the daughter of Charles and Rosetta (née Thran) Rodd.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansas/name/rosetta-rodd-obituary?id=15821726 |title=Rosetta Rodd Obituary |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |date=November 28, 2004 |via=Legacy.com |access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> Her father was an oil company executive. She has a brother, Stephen Rodd, a lawyer, and a sister, Barbara.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Engels |first1=J. A. |title=Marcia Rodd Just Looks Nice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113297123/marcia-rodd/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |work=The Ithaca Journal |agency=Newsweek Service |date=April 3, 1971 |page=46 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> 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.<ref name="we" /> 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.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/marcia-rodd-p60953 |title=Marcia Rodd | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |website=AllMovie |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191108/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/marcia-rodd-p60953 |archive-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daily News 02 Dec 1964, page 688 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/460118645/ |access-date=February 27, 2023 |date=December 2, 1964 |newspaper=New York Daily News |via=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oh What a Lovely War – Broadway Musical – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/oh-what-a-lovely-war-3214 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trivia & History for Your Own Thing (Original Off-Broadway Production, 1968) {{!}} Ovrtur |url=https://ovrtur.com/production/2894486/trivia |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Ovrtur.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Last of the Red Hot Lovers – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/last-of-the-red-hot-lovers-3311 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> Her portrayal of Maud in the Broadway musical ''Shelter'' garnered her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 1973. She lost to Glynis Johns for ''A Little Night Music''.<ref name="THR" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shelter – Broadway Musical – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/shelter-3171 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
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.<ref name="bio" /> 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,'' ''The New Dick Van Dyke Show'' 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.<ref name="we">{{cite news |title=Former Wichitan Marcia Rodd To Star in '13 Queens Blvd.' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113296278/marcia-rodd/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |date=March 18, 1979 |page=TV Week – 4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
She returned to Broadway in the mid-1980s, as a replacement for the role of Clara in Herb Gardner's ''I'm Not Rappaport.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=I'm Not Rappaport – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/im-not-rappaport-4384 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> In 1989 and 1994, she starred in two separate national tours of ''Fiddler on the Roof'', as Golde opposite both Theodore Bikel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof – Broadway Musical – 1994–1996 Tour {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/fiddler-on-the-roof-515585 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> and Topol<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof – Broadway Musical – 1989–1990 Tour {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/fiddler-on-the-roof-514483 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> 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''.
==Death== Rodd died on December 27, 2025, at the age of 87.<ref name="THR">{{cite magazine |first=Mike |last=Barnes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marcia-rodd-dead-little-murders-maude-red-hot-lovers-1236466801/ |title=Marcia Rodd, Actress in 'Little Murders' and Broadway's 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers,' Dies at 87 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 7, 2026|access-date=January 7, 2026}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971 |''Little Murders'' |Patsy Newquist | |- |1971 |''T.R. Baskin'' |Dayle Wigoda | |- |1972 |''VD Blues'' |Woman | |- |1977 |''Handle with Care'' |Portland Angel |Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |1979 |''Last Embrace'' |Adrian | |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|Scout|The Scout (1994 film)}}'' |Mrs. Lacy | |- |1997 |''Mulligans!'' |Madge |Short |- |1998 |''{{sortname|The|Scottish Tale|nolink=1}}'' |Sarah | |- |2000 |''Wanted'' |Mama Scrico | |- |2012 |''Parallax'' |Cassandra |Short |- |2015 |''Shining Seas'' |Maria |Short |- |2015 |''Broken: A Musical'' |Judge | |- |2016 |''Road to the Wall'' |Barb | |- |2019 |''American Christmas'' |Martha | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971 |''{{sortname|The|New Dick Van Dyke Show}}'' |Linda |"Linda, Linda, Linda" |- |1972 |''Young Dr. Kildare'' |Dr. Nicole Keefe |"Chemistry of Anger" |- |1972 |''Medical Center'' |Connie |"The Torn Man" |- |1972 |''All in the Family'' |Marilyn Sanders / Carol Traynor |"Mike's Mysterious Son", "Maude" |- |1975 |''Medical Center'' |Phyllis |"The Captives" |- |1975 |''Barnaby Jones'' |Nurse Marion Hollister |"Fatal Witness" |- |1976 |''{{sortname|The|Dumplings|The Dumplings (TV series)}}'' |Stephanie |Regular role |- |1976 |''Good Heavens'' |Joanne |"Coffee, Tea, or Gloria" |- |1976 |''How to Break Up a Happy Divorce'' |Eve |TV film |- |1977 |''Phyllis'' |Joanne Valenti |"Dan's Ex" |- |1977 |''All's Fair'' |Vanessa Farr |"The Dick and Vanessa Show" |- |1977 |''Maude'' |Leslie Perkins |"Walter's Temptation" |- |1978 |''M*A*S*H'' |Nurse Lorraine Anderson |"Temporary Duty" |- |1979 |''13 Queens Boulevard'' |Elaine Dowling |Main role |- |1979 |''ABC Afterschool Special'' |Barbara McKain |"A Movie Star's Daughter" |- |1979 |''Quincy, M.E.'' |Eleanor Janssen |"Sweet Land of Liberty" |- |1979 |''Lou Grant'' |Nancy Rhoden |"Samaritan" |- |1980 |''Archie Bunker's Place'' |Allison Flanders |"Home Again" |- |1980 |''Insight'' |Pat McGinn / Kay Durban |"Unfinished Business", "God in the Dock" |- |1980–86 |''Trapper John, M.D.'' |E.J. Riverside |Recurring role |- |1981 |''Flamingo Road'' |Alice Kovacs |Recurring role |- |1981 |''Maggie'' |Miss Turley |"The School Conference" |- |1981 |''Bret Maverick'' |Capt. Estelle Slater |"The Yellow Rose" |- |1982 |''Laverne & Shirley'' |Hillary |"The Playboy Show" |- |1982 |''Lou Grant'' |Vivian Hamlin |"Cameras" |- |1983 |''American Playhouse'' |Mary Goodwin |"Keeping On" |- |1984 |''Night Court'' |Nora Bowers Sedgwick |"Hi Honey, I'm Home" |- |1984 |''{{sortname|The|Four Seasons|nolink=1}}'' |Claudia Zimmer |13 episodes |- |1984 |''Gimme a Break!'' |Off. Dwyer |"Carl's Delicate Moment" |- |1985 |''Highway to Heaven'' |Ann Haynes |"The Right Thing" |- |1985 |''Too Close for Comfort'' |Margaret Sinclair |"Off and Running" |- |1985 |''Between the Darkness and the Dawn'' |Lilly |TV film |- |1987 |''Buck James'' |Sara Taylor |"A Question of Loyalty" |- |1986 |''Murder, She Wrote'' |Betty Fiddler |"Keep the Home Fires Burning" |- |1987–89 |''21 Jump Street'' |Margaret Hanson |"After School Special", "Christmas in Saigon", "Loc'd Out: Part 2" |- |1988 |''Murder, She Wrote'' |Madeline DeHaven |"Harbinger of Death" |- |1990 |''Hunter'' |Miss Doyle |"Oh, the Shark Bites!" |- |1994 |''Renegade'' |Judge Joan Stephens |"Once Burned, Twice Chey" |- |1995 |''Home Improvement'' |Barbara Burton |"Doctor in the House" |- |1996 |''Sisters'' |Jane Wilcott Sumner |"Housecleaning" |- |2000 |''Family Law'' |Susan Lumberg |"Telling Lies" |- |2001–02 |''Family Law'' |Judge Paula Scott |"Recovery", "Celano v. Foster" |- |2003 |''Without a Trace'' |Sandra Pappish |"Moving On" |- |2012 |''Treelore Theatre'' |Granny Gilly |"Memory Lane Diner" |- |2013–14 |''Broken at Love'' |Grandma Lulu |"Post-Match Analysis", "Sudden Death" |- |2014 |''Hellman v. McCarthy'' |Mary McCarthy |TV film |- |2017 |''The Young and the Restless'' |Myrna Bloodworth |2 episodes |- |2020 |''Grey's Anatomy '' |Gertie Schmitt |Episode: "The Last Supper" |- |2023 |''Hunters'' |Helga Hansöm |"The Home" |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodd, Marcia}} Category:1938 births Category:2025 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Actresses from Kansas Category:People from Lyons, Kansas Category:Northwestern University School of Communication alumni Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American actresses