Marcia Rodd


Marcia Rodd is an American actress. She made her film debut playing a female leading role in the 1971 film Little Murders, and later had supporting roles in films and television series. In 1973, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Shelter.

Life and career

Rodd was born in Lyons, Kansas, the daughter of Rosetta and Charles C. Rodd. She studied drama at Northwestern University. In the 1950s, she moved to New York City and performed on stage.
Rodd spent the 1960s appearing on Broadway in such plays as Neil Simon's The Last of the Red Hot Lovers. 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 and Last Embrace.
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. She had also played another character on a previous All in the Family episode, "Mike's Mysterious Son", earlier that same season. Other guest television appearances included M*A*S*H, Match Game '76, 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.
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.

Filmography

Film

Television