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Actress
The Resume
(February 20, 1936-January 28, 2020)
Born in Russell, Kansas
Birth name was Marjorie Ellen Pivonka Mahoney
Portrayed Myrna Clegg on ‘Capitol’ (1983-87), Pamela Capwell Conrad on Santa Barbara (1987-88,1991), Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light (1993-97,1998-99,2002-09), and Vanessa Bennett Hayward Cortlandt on All My Children
Recurring role as Monica Warner (Blair’s mother) on The Facts of Life (1981-87)
Appeared in the films ‘Sweet November’ (1968) and ‘MacArthur’ (1977)
Why she might be annoying
As Kara in the Star Trek episode ‘Spock’s Brain,’ she delivers one of the all-time bad lines, ‘Brain and brain – what is brain?’
In most of her soap opera roles, she was the replacement for another actress.
She gave both her daughter and her son ‘Marj’ as a middle name.
Why she might not be annoying
She was crowned homecoming queen at the University of Kansas.
She was a founding member of the Los Angeles improv troupe The Session, along with Rob Reiner and Richard Dreyfuss.
She chaired the Kansas Film Commission for four years.
Her son Randall died from AIDS (1993).
She sponsored a celebrity golf tournament in her home state that raised funds for Kansas Child Abuse Prevention Centers.
Credit: C. Fishel
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