Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace
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Marcia Wallace (born November 1, 1942) is an Emmy-winning actress from Creston, Iowa, United States. She is a Delta Zeta alumna. She voices Edna Krabappel she also voiced Ms. Melon in the Season 1 episode Bart the Genius, Enchantress Krabappel in the Season 18 episode Marge Gamer and Mrs. Krabapatra in Season 9's Simpsons Bible Stories
Biography
Wallace is best known for her roles as Carol Kester Bondurant, the receptionist for Bob Newhart (and dentist Jerry) on the 1972 television series The Bob Newhart Show, and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.
She was an occasional celebrity panelist on Match Game and played "Mrs. Carruthers" in a few episodes of the ABC sitcom Full House. She also played the maid on the short-lived TV series That's My Bush!, and appeared in episode #227 of Bewitched("Laugh, Clown, Laugh"), as Darrin's secretary, in 1971.
Wallace is a breast cancer survivor and activist who lectures on the subject. On January 27, 2007, Marcia won the Gilda Radner Courage Award from Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection and inspiring others through her 20 years as a breast cancer survivor.
Her book, Don't Look Back We're Not Going That Way, is a biography that recounts the early detection of her breast cancer, the loss of her husband Denny to cancer, her nervous breakdown, her single motherhood and other experiences.
Credits
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Guest Starring
- Bart the Genius
- Homer's Odyssey
- The Telltale Head
- Bart Gets an "F"
- Principal Charming
- Lisa's Substitute
- Bart the Murderer
- Postcards from the Wedge
- The Blue and the Gray
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