Marian Mercer
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| Marian Mercer | |
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| Born | November 26, 1935 Akron, Ohio, United States |
Marian Mercer (born November 26, 1935) is an award-winning American actress.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Mercer graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of Greenwillow in 1960, drew critical notice for her performance in New Faces of 1962, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, and the Theatre World Award for Promises, Promises (1968). Additional theatre credits include Hay Fever and the short-lived 1978 revival of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Mercer was a regular on The Dom DeLuise Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters, The Sandy Duncan Show as one of Sandy's neighbors, Kay Fox, The Andy Williams Show, and the sitcom It's a Living where she played the humorless maitre'd, Nancy Beebe, had recurring roles on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its sequel Forever Fernwood, St. Elsewhere, and Empty Nest, and made guest appearances on Love, American Style, Archie Bunker's Place, Mama's Family, Benson, The Golden Girls, Murder, She Wrote, Touched by an Angel, and Suddenly Susan, among many others. Her screen credits include Nine to Five, in which she reunited with former Mary Hartman co-star Dabney Coleman, whose wife she portrayed in both. She also had a featured role in the 1979 television movie The Cracker Factory opposite Natalie Wood.
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| Preceded by Lillian Hayman for Hallelujah, Baby! |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 1969 for Promises, Promises |
Succeeded by Melba Moore for Purlie |
[edit] External links
- Marian Mercer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Marian Mercer at the Internet Movie Database/ Internet Movie Database listing
