Marcia Diamond (23 November 1925 – 12 February 2021) was a Canadian actress.
Born in Calgary, Marcia attended school in
Vancouver
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and participated in school broadcast over CBR. While at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
in
Illinois
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in the 1940s, Marcia was heard in a number of plays on the Northwestern University Radio Playhouse productions.
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Marcia was married to Harry Irving Cohen and had children.
Partial filmography
*'' Class of '44'' (1973) - Mrs. Gilhuly
*'' Deranged'' (1974) - Jenny Kootz
*'' Black Christmas'' (1974) - Woman
*''125 Rooms of Comfort
''125 Rooms of Comfort'' is a 1974 Canadian drama film directed by Patrick Loubert.
The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay former musician who has been involuntarily institutionalized in an asylum by his family since showing up to his fa ...
'' (1974) - Doris
*''Ticket to Heaven
''Ticket to Heaven'' is a 1981 Canadian drama film directed by Ralph L. Thomas and starring Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, and R.H. Thomson. The plot concerns the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a reli ...
'' (1981) - Esther
*''Sing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
'' (1989) - Jewish Mother
*''Sam & Me
''Sam & Me'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (in her directorial debut) and written by Ranjit Chowdhry, who also stars in the film with Peter Boretski and Om Puri. The film went on to win an honourable ...
'' (1991) - Hannah Cohen
*'' PCU'' (1994) - Pampers Woman
*''Spy Games
''Spy Games'' (released in some countries as ''History Is Made at Night'') is a 1999 film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, and starring Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Bruno Kirby. Written by Patrick Amos, the film is about a jaded CIA agent a ...
'' (1999) - Lauren
References
External links
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1925 births
2021 deaths
Actresses from Calgary
Canadian film actresses
Northwestern University alumni
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