Marcia Wallace
Guest Star Information
Gender	/guest
Nationality	American
Claim to fame	Actress
Character	Edna Krabappel Enchantra Ms. Mellon Mrs. Krabapatra
First appearance	"Bart the Genius"

Marcia Wallace (born November 1, 1942) is an Emmy-winning actress from Creston, Iowa, United States, best known for her roles on The Bob Newhart Show, and The Simpsons. She is a Delta Zeta alumna. She voices Edna Krabappel. She has also voiced Ms. Mellon in Bart the Genius, Enchantra in Marge Gamer and Mrs. Krabapatra in Simpsons Bible Stories.

BiographyEdit

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 [1]. 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.

CreditsEdit

Guest StarringEdit

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• Episode – "Bart the Genius" (credited as Marsha Wallace)
• Episode – "Homer's Odyssey"
• Episode – "The Telltale Head"
• Episode – "Bart Gets an "F""
• Episode – "Principal Charming"
• Episode – "Lisa's Substitute"
• Episode – "Bart the Murderer"
• Episode – "Postcards From the Wedge"

External links Edit

• Marcia Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
• Marcia Wallace at Wikipedia