Marian Mercer (Performer)

Marian Mercer

Performer

Marian Mercer (Headshot)

Marian Mercer

Performer

Ms. Mercer won her Tony for a character who appeared in only two scenes. But Marge MacDougall, the comically soused floozy that hero C.C. Baxter picks up in a bar, proved to be a gem of a cameo role for the tall, blonde and brassy actress, equipped as it was with some of bookwriter Neil Simon's best jokes, and one of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's zippiest numbers, "A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing." Clive Barnes, writing in the New York Times, called her "a tiny-voiced hustler with a heart as big as a saloon." Ms. Mercer also won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award for her work.

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Born: Nov 26, 1935 in Akron, Ohio
Death: Apr 27, 2011 in Newbury Park, CA

Roles (20)

	Bosoms and Neglect Opened May 03, 1979	as Deirdre (Original)
	Stop the World - I Want to Get Off Opened August 03, 1978	as Anya (Original) as Evie (Original) as Ilse (Original) as Lorene (Original)
	Hay Fever Opened November 09, 1970	as Myra Arundel (Original)
	A Place for Polly Opened April 18, 1970	as Polly (Original)
	Promises, Promises Opened December 01, 1968	as Marge MacDougall (Original)
	New Faces of 1962 Opened February 01, 1962	as Bettina (Original) as Folk (Original) as Girl (Original) as Happiness Girl (Original) as Mother (Original) as Mrs. Thurman (Original) as Passenger (Original) as Woman (Original) as Yasmin (Original)
	Greenwillow Opened March 08, 1960	as Singing Ensemble (Original) as Emma (Understudy - Original) as Maidy (Understudy - Original)