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Marian Mercer Biography (1935-)

Born November 26, 1935, in Akron, OH; daughter of Samuel Lewis and Nelle (maiden name, Leggatt) Mercer; married Martin Joseph Cassidy (an actor), November9, 1964. Addresses: Agent: The Gage Group, 1474 Ventura Blvd., Suite505, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-3505.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, singer

Birth Details

November 26, 1935

Akron, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) The Happiest Millionaire, Palmtree Playhouse, Sarasota, FL, 1957
• Holiday for Lovers, Palmtree Playhouse, 1958
• A Hole in the Head, Palmtree Playhouse, 1958
• The Ballad of Baby Doe, Musicarnival, Cleveland, OH, 1958
• Show Boat, Musicarnival, 1958
• The Most Happy Fella, Musicarnival, 1958
• The Waltz of the Toreadors, Rickaway Theatre, Newark, NJ, 1958
• Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game, and The Student Prince, all Musicarnival, Palm Beach, FL, 1958
• (Off-Broadway debut) Marcelle, Hotel Paradiso, Equity Library Theatre, Lenox Hill Playhouse, 1959
• Title role, Little Mary Sunshine, Orpheum Theatre, New York City,1959
• Chorus, Greenwillow, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1960
• Fiorello!, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1960
• The Tunnel of Love, Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, PA, 1960
• Odd Man In, Totem Pole Playhouse, 1960
• Lady Be Good, Totem Pole Playhouse, 1960
• Mrs. Peterson, Bye Bye Birdie, Musicarnival, 1962
• Ensemble, New Faces of '62, Alvin Theatre, 1962
• Tessie Tura, Gypsy, Kenley Players, Warren, OH, 1962
• Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Summer Festival, Washington, DC, 1963 and 1964
• Come to the Palace of Sin, American National Theatre and Academy Matinee Theatre Series, Theatre De Lys, New York City, 1963
• And in This Corner, Upstairs at the Downstairs, New York City, 1964
• The Game Is Up, Upstairs at the Downstairs, 1964
• Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Summer Festival, 1964
• Marcelle Paillardin, Hotel Passionato, East 74th Street Theatre, New York City, 1965
• Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, MO, 1966
• Blanche Du Bois, A Streetcar Named Desire, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, 1966
• Twelfth Night, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, 1966
• Oh, What a Lovely War!, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, 1966
• The Hostage, Loretto-Hilton Center, 1967
• Olivia, Your Own Thing, Orpheum Theatre, 1968
• Marge MacDougall, Promises, Promises, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1968
• Desdemona, Othello, Loretto-Hilton Center, 1970
• Polly, A Place for Polly, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City,1970
• Myra Arundel, Hay Fever, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1970Katherina, The Taming of the Shrew, Trinity Square Repertory Company,Providence, RI, 1970
• Woman and Dinah Darling, The Good and Bad Times of Cady Francis McCullum and Friends, Trinity Square Repertory Company, 1971
• The Wanderers (series of short plays), Orpheum Theatre, 1971
• And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1972
• Colomba, Volpone, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1972
• Colleen, Tadpole, New Theatre for Now, Stage B, Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1973
• Gwendolen Fairfax, Nobody's Earnest, Williamstown Festival Theatre, Williamstown, MA, 1973
• Three Men on a Horse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1973
• Lillian, Travellers, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1974
• Petrified Man, Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles, 1974
• Masha, The Seagull, Williamstown Festival Theatre, 1974
• The Waltz of the Toreadors, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1975
• Lorene, Ilse, and Evie, Stop the World--I Want to Get Off, State Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Deidre, Bosoms and Neglect, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1978, then Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Masha Chekhov, Chekhov in Yalta, Center Theatre Group, Mark TaperForum, 1981
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1981
• Female Parts (one-woman play), Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982
• The Gin Game, Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, CA, 1999
• Major Tours
• Bells Are Ringing, U.S. cities, 1959
• Mrs. Peterson, Bye Bye Birdie, U.S. cities, 1962-63
• Gypsy, U.S. cities, 1962-63
• Title role, Little Mary Sunshine, U.S. cities, 1962-63
• Lovers and Other Strangers, U.S. cities, 1973
• Ilse, Lorene, and Evie, Stop the World--I Want to Get Off, U.S. cities, 1978
• Film Appearances
• Mags Elliot, John and Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
• Herself/waitress, Money Talks, United Artists, 1972
• Evie, Sammy Stops the World (also known as Stop the World--I Want to Get Off), Special Entertainment, 1978
• Missy Hart, Nine to Five (also known as 9 to 5), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1980
• Harriet Manley, Oh God! Book II, Warner Bros., 1980
• Ann Van Der Haven, Out on a Limb, MCA/Universal, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Regular, The Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1962-63
• Regular, The Dom DeLuise Show, CBS, 1968
• Regular, The Dean Martin Show (also known as The Dean Martin Comedy Hour), NBC, 1971-72
• Kay Fox, The Sandy Duncan Show, CBS, 1972
• Regular, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters, syndicated, 1972-74
• Myra Bradley, A Touch of Grace, ABC, 1973
• Wanda Jeeter, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, syndicated, 1976-77, retitled Forever Fernwood, syndicated, 1977-78
• Nancy Beebe, It's a Living (also known as Making a Living),ABC, 1980-82, then syndicated, 1985-89
• Mrs. Griffin, Foot in the Door, CBS, 1983
• Nurse Eve Leighton, a recurring role, St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983
• Martha Benedict, Sunday Dinner, CBS, 1991
• Grace Bailey, Home Free, NBC, 1993
• Movies
• Zero Hour, ABC, 1967
• Eleanor, The Cracker Factory, ABC, 1979
• Rita, Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice, CBS, 1982
• Daisy Eastman, Agatha Christie's "Murder in Three Acts" (also known as Murder in Three Acts), CBS, 1986
• Specials
• Johnny Carson's Repertory Company in an Evening of Comedy, NBC, 1969
• What's Up, America?, NBC, 1971
• Masha, "The Seagull," Great Performances, PBS, 1975
• Ladies and Gentlemen ... Bob Newhart, CBS, 1980
• Ladies and Gentlemen ... Bob Newhart, Part II, CBS, 1981
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part II, ABC, 1984
• Mrs. Ruffner, Booker (short film), PBS and The Disney Channel, 1984
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part III, ABC, 1985
• Sister Regina, "Are You My Mother?," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC,1986
• Pilots
• What's Up?, NBC, 1971
• Reporter, Comedy News, ABC, 1972
• Reporter, Comedy News II, ABC, 1973
• Maggie Barbour, Calling Dr. Storm, M.D., NBC, 1977
• Mildred Braffman, King of the Road, CBS, 1978
• Nancy Beebe, Making a Living, ABC, 1982
• Mildred, Oh Henry!, NBC, 1989
• Jane, The Julie Show, NBC, 1991
• Episodic
• (Television debut) The Dave Garroway Show, NBC, 1961
• The Mike Wallace Show, 1961
• "Alan King ... Public Consumer Number One," Kraft Music Hall, 1969
• "Alan King: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to September," Kraft Music Hall, 1969
• "Broadway's Best," Kraft Music Hall, 1969
• Herself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1970
• "Love and the Itchy Condition," Love, American Style, ABC, 1974
• Jo Enders, "Fish," Police Woman, NBC, 1974
• Sister Margaret, "The Traitor in Our Midst," Serpico, NBC, 1976
• "Kaz and the Kid," Kaz, CBS, 1978
• Miss Bradshaw, "Bosom Partners," Archie Bunker's Place, CBS, 1979
• Phyl & Mikhy, 1980
• Frances, "The Loverwear Party," 9 to 5, 1982
• Felicia, Mayor's secretary, "Mama for Mayor: Parts 1 & 2," Mama'sFamily, NBC, 1984
• "Ace's Valet/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America," The Love Boat, ABC, 1984
• Ursula, "Made in Hong Kong: Parts 1 & 2," Benson, ABC, 1984
• Dr. Woods, You Again?, NBC, 1986
• Eve Leighton, "After Life," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1986
• Magda, "Sister and Other Strangers," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1990
• Penelope Hope Daniels, "The Witch's Curse," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1992
• Ursual Dietz, "The Unimportance of Being Charley," Empty Nest, NBC, 1992
• Monica, "Born Again," Harry and the Hendersons, 1992
• Ursula Dietz, "My Mother, My Self," Empty Nest, NBC, 1993
• Ursula Dietz, "Love a la Mode," Empty Nest, NBC, 1994
• Eric, Jr.'s girlfriend, "Catch of the Day," Dave's World, CBS, 1995
• Bunny, "In the Matter of John's Fifteen Minutes," Common Law, 1996
• Mrs. Richards, "The Closer," Working, NBC, 1998
• Flo, "Lady of the Lake," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1998
• Mrs. Richmond, "The Thanksgiving Episode," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1998
• "Paradise Inn," Providence, NBC, 2000