[If the name isn't familiar, you'll know her as soon as you see her photo. - JR]
Marian Mercer, a willowy actress with a comedic flair who won a Tony Award in 1969 for her performance in the hit musical "Promises, Promises," died on April 27 in Newbury Park, Calif. She was 75 and lived in Agoura Hills, Calif.
The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, her husband, Patrick Hogan, said. ...
Ms. Mercer's zany streak led to frequent television appearances with the likes of Johnny Carson, Jonathan Winters and Dom DeLuise. She was seen on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "St. Elsewhere," "Archie Bunker's Place" and "The Golden Girls," among many other shows. And on ABC from 1980 through 1982 (and later in syndication) she played the humorless hostess, Nancy Beebe, on "It's a Living," a sitcom that followed the lives of waitresses working in an expensive restaurant atop a hotel in Los Angeles. ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/theater/marian-mercer-actress-with-zany-streak-dies-at-75.html
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