Marcia Rodd
Date of birth: 1940-07-08
Place of birth: Lyons, Kansas, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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).
Movie Credits
Little Murders
1971-02-09
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water
Keeping On
1983-02-08
A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.
Last Embrace
1979-05-04
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the
Citizens Band
1977-05-18
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's ba
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985-12-23
A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.
Dante's Hotel
2023-10-20
When an unknown assailant preys on a haunted hotel's patrons, an event planner teams up with a myste
T.R. Baskin
1971-10-20
An enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with th
The Scout
1994-09-30
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets
Road to the Well
2016-06-04
Drifter, Jack, pays a visit to an old friend Frank whose mundane life is upended after the two becom
The Scottish Tale
1998-01-01
A Scottish rendition of Macbeth. Mack is a humble poet who goes to Scotland to visit his three eccen
A Movie Star's Daughter
1979-10-10
A shy teen enrolls in a new school and doesn't make friends easily. Then, overnight, everyone wants
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976-10-06
A divorced woman comes up with a scheme to make her ex-husband jealous, so she can get him back.
American Christmas
2019-11-04
It took another ruined Christmas dinner to make Martha finally realize: her kids are jerks. But this
Pioneer Spirit
1969-07-21
Three urban couples decide to chuck the hustle and bustle of the big city for the pastoral calm of c
The Wizard of Oz
1964-01-01
An abridged version of the story of Dorothy’s adventures in the magical world of Oz.