Tony Award Winner Marian Mercer Dies at 75

Tony Award-winning actress Marian Mercer passed away on April 27th. She was 75 years old.

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 as Marge MacDougall (1968).

Mercer was a regular on The Dom DeLuise Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters, The Sandy Duncan Show, The Andy Williams Show, and the sitcom It's a Living where she played the humorless restaurant hostess, Nancy Beebe. She also had recurring roles on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its sequel Forever Fernwood, St. Elsewhere, and Empty Nest. She made guest appearances on such shows as 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.