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an Emmy-winning actress and comedian from Creston, Iowa, United States. She is a Delta Zeta alumna.
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 animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy 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. |
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 I`m sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer. Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We`re very hard on ourselves, and we`re always feeling like we`re not doing enough. It`s a terribly hard job. I don`t know what religious people do. I kind of wished I`d been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma. Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She`s been working for the rights of women for a long time. I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way. I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world. You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody`s got to be one of those women. I`m in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer`s, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year. I went to these mixers, you know, where you`re supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back. I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime. There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It`s your life, and you`ve got to get these answers.Trivia While not listed in the main cast in "The Simpsons" (1989) her role as Edna Krabappel is listed as a "special guest appearance," a designation usually reserved for celebrity guest stars. Diagnosed with breast cancer 1985. Also caregiver to her husband, Denny, who had pancreatic cancer. Member of Delta Zeta sorority, Delta Nu chapter. She was a part of "The Fourth Wall" improvisational comedy group who performed off-Broadway before being signed for the "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972). Has an adopted son Michael (b. 1988) As of season 17 of "The Simpsons" (1989), Marcia has acted in 130 episodes. Her husband was a hotelier. She was a Girl Guides Brownie, as a child. | ||
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