---
name: "Marian Mercer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marian-mercer"
fi1m_id: "marian-mercer"
imdb_id: "nm0580285"
tmdb_id: 47902
wikidata_id: "Q6761944"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 November 1935"
died: "27 April 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:33:19.819814+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marian Mercer

## Identity

Marian Mercer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marian-mercer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marian-mercer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580285
- **TMDB ID:** 47902
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6761944
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Mercer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6761944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47902

Actor. Born 26 November 1935 in Akron, Ohio, USA. Died 27 April 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 November 1935, Akron, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 27 April 2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Mercer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6761944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47902

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Nine to Five*](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marian Mercer was an American actress and singer. Born in Akron, Ohio, she graduated from the University of Michigan and began her career in summer stock before moving to New York in the late 1950s.

She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of Greenwillow (1960) and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, along with Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, for her performance in Promises, Promises (1968). Her film credits include John and Mary (1969), Oh, God! Book II (1980) and Nine to Five (1980), in which she played Missy Hart.

On television she appeared in series such as It's a Living (1980–1989), Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls and St. Elsewhere, and in television films including Murder in Three Acts (1986). Mercer’s career spanned stage, film and television from the 1950s until around 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nine to Five* (1980), Fi1m 73, as Missy Hart — [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Providence* (1999), series, as Card Player #2
- *Working* (1997), series, as Mrs. Richards
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Mrs. Richmond
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Flo
- *Dave's World* (1993), series, as Eric Jr.'s Girlfriend
- *Home Free* (1993), series, as Grace Bailey
- *Out on a Limb* (1992), as Ann Campbell Van Der Haven
- *Sunday Dinner* (1991), series, as Martha Benedict
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Monica
- *Murder in Three Acts* (1986), as Daisy Eastman
- *Are You My Mother?* (1986), as Sister Regina
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Magda — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *Booker* (1984), as Mrs. Ruffner
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Penelope Hope Daniels
- *Foot in the Door* (1983), series, as Mrs. Griffin
- *Ace Crawford, Private Eye* (1983), series, as Maureen
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Eve Leighton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice* (1982), as Rita
- *Nine to Five* (1980), as Missy Hart — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/nine-to-five.md)
- *It's a Living* (1980), series, as Nancy Beebe Miller
- *Oh, God! Book II* (1980), as Harriet Manley
- *Phyl and Mikhy* (1980), series, Actor
- *The Cracker Factory* (1979), as Eleanor
- *Sammy Stops the World* (1978), Actor
- *Forever Fernwood* (1977), series, Actor
- *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* (1976), series, as Wanda Rittenhouse / Wanda Jeeter
- *The Bob Crane Show* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Seagull* (1975), as Masha
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *A Touch of Grace* (1973), series, as Myra Bradley
- *The Sandy Duncan Show* (1972), series, Actor
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Masha
- *John and Mary* (1969), as Mags Elliot

## Gallery

- ![Marian Mercer](https://film.one/media/person/5538570/gallery-8f5531033337.jpg) Marian Mercer — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Marian_Mercer_1972_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marian Mercer](https://film.one/media/person/5538570/gallery-53ebc4f78180.jpg) Marian Mercer — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1969: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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