Marsha is a variant spelling of
Marcia. Notable people with the name include:
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Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius-Billups (born 8 August 1977) is an English singer and songwriter from Liverpool, England. She embarked on her musical career as a member of Floetry. Ambrosius released her debut solo album '' Late Nights & Early Mornings'' in Ma ...
(born 1977), former member of the English band duo Floetry
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Marsha Arzberger (born 1937), Democratic politician
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Marsha Barbour
Marsha Dickson Barbour (born in Monroeville, Alabama) was the first lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. She is the wife of Mississippi's 63rd governor, Haley Barbour.
Marsha Barbour grew up in Monroeville, Alabama. However, s ...
, first lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi since 2004
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Marsha Berzon
Marsha Lee Berzon ( Siegel; born April 17, 1945) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education and legal training
Berzon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Radcliffe ...
(born 1945), federal appeals judge who has served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2000
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Marsha Blackburn
Mary Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; born June 6, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States Senate, United States senator from Tennessee, a seat she has held since 2019. She is a member of the Repu ...
(born 1952), Tennessee politician
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Marsha Canham
Marsha Canham (born November 19, 1950) is a Canadian writer of historical romance novels since 1984. She has won two '' Romantic Times'' Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as multiple awards for individual books including Best Historical of ...
(born 1950), Canadian writer of historical romance novels
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Marsha Cheeks (born 1956), African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
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Marsha Clark, American actress best known for roles in soap operas
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Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo is an American former senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Beginning in 1996, she filed complaints alleging that a company from the United States was mining vanadium in South Afr ...
, senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency
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Marsha Collier
Marsha Collier (born in New York City) is an author, radio personality, podcast host, and educator specializing in technology, Internet marketing, and E-commerce.
Early career
Before her online career began, Collier owned and operated her own mark ...
, author, radio personality and educator in making money on eBay and online
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Marsha J. Evans (born 1947), retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
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Marsha Farney (born 1958), American politician
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Marsha Feinland, third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for U.S. president in 1996
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Marsha Harris, winner of the 1998 Walter Byers Award as the nation's top female scholar-athlete
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Marsha Henderson, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician
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Marsha Hunt (1917–2022), American film, stage and television actress
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Marsha Hunt (born 1946), American model, singer, novelist and actress
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Marsha Ivins
Marsha Sue Ivins (born April 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions.
Career
Ivins, born April 15, 1951, in Baltimore, Maryland, graduated from Nether Providence High School in Wallingford, Penns ...
(born 1951), American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions
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Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) also known as Malcolm Michaels Jr., was an American gay liberation''I've been involved in gay liberation ever since it first started in 1969'', 15:20 into the interview, Johnson is quoted as ...
(1945–1992), African American gay liberation activist, participant in the Stonewall riots
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Marsha I. Lester
Marsha Isack Lester is an American physical chemist. She is currently the Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Lester uses both theoretical and experimental methods to study the physical chemistry ...
, American physical chemist
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Marsha M. Linehan (born 1943), American psychologist and author
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Marsha Looper
Marsha Looper (born c. 1959
) was a Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Looper represented House District 19, which encompasses eastern El Paso County, Colorado from 2006 to 2012.
Early ...
(born 1959), Colorado legislator
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Marsha Marescia
Marsha Cox (née Marescia; born 13 January 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The midfielder comes from Durban ...
(born 1983), field hockey player from South Africa
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Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress: for her performances in '' Cinderella Liberty'' (1973), '' The Goodbye Girl'' (1977), '' Chapter Two ...
(born 1942), American actress and television director
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Marsha Milan Londoh
Marsha Milan Londoh (born December 6, 1985) is a Malaysian singer and actress. She gained fame for being a contestant in the third season of the Malaysian reality show contest ''Akademi Fantasia'', in which she won the fourth place.
In 2013, Ma ...
(born 1985), Malaysian singer and actress
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Marsha Miller
Marsha Miller (born January 15, 1969, in Rochester, New York) is a retired beach volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canad ...
(born 1969), retired beach volleyball player from the United States
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Marsha Miro
Marsha Miro wrote art news for the Detroit Free Press in the late 20th century (from 1974 to 1995), a position she held for 21-years. She is also author of works on Ceramicist Robert Turner, the Cranbrook Educational Community, Fiber Artist Ge ...
, wrote art news for the ''Detroit Free Press'' in the late 20th century
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Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play '' 'night, Mother''. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as ''The Se ...
(born 1947), American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
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Marsha J. Pechman (born 1951), United States federal judge
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Marsha Shandur
Marsha Shandur (born 1977) is a former radio presenter best known for presenting on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester (as ''Marsha'').
Career
Shandur presented numerous shows on Xfm during her 8 years at the station before announcing that she ...
(born 1977), radio presenter, DJ and music manager, who presents on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester
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Marsha Sharp
Marsha Sharp (born August 31, 1952) is the former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team, the Lady Raiders. She retired after 24 years at the conclusion of the 2005–06 season. Sharp was inducted into the Women's Basketba ...
(born 1952), former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team, the Lady Raiders
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Marsha Singh
Marsha Singh (11 October 1954 – 17 July 2012) was a British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012. Singh stood down due to ill health.
Singh had a degree in Languages, Politics and Eco ...
(born 1954), politician in the United Kingdom
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Marsha Skrypuch
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ( ; born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing ...
(born 1954), Ukrainian Canadian children's writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario
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Marsha Stevens
Marsha Stevens-Pino (born Marsha Carter August 20, 1952) is an American Christian singer, musician, songwriter and recording artist.
Early music career
Shortly after becoming a Christian as a sixteen year old high school student in 1969, Marsha ...
(born 1952), Christian singer, musician, songwriter and recording artist
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Marsha Swails
Marsha Swails (born April 3, 1952) is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 56B, which includes the cities of Woodbury, Minnesota, Woodbury and Landfall, Minnesota, Landfall in ...
(born 1952), Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
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Marsha Thomason
Marsha Lisa Thomason Sykes (born 19 January 1976) is a British television and film actress who is best known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's ''The Haunted Mansion'', Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series '' Las Vegas'', Naomi ...
(born 1976), British actress
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Marsha Thomson
Marsha Rose Thomson (born 21 December 1955) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Footscray for the Labor Party from 2006 to 2018; she previously served in t ...
(born 1955), Australian politician
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Marsha Thornton (born 1964), American country music singer
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Marsha Vadhanapanich
Marion Ursula Marsha Vadhanapanich ( th, มาช่า วัฒนพานิช; ; born 24 August 1970) is a Thai pop singer, model and actress.
Early life and education
Vadhanapanich was born in West Germany to a Thai Chinese father and ...
(born 1970), Thai singer, model and actress
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Marsha Waggoner
Marsha Waggoner (born January 11, 1940 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an American professional poker player who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Waggoner has finished in the money at 20 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events as of 2010. Her ...
(born 1948), American professional poker player
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Marsha Warfield
Marsha Francine Warfield (born March 5, 1954) is an American actress and comedian. She grew up on Chicago's South Side, graduating from Calumet High School. She is best known for her 1986–92 role of Roz Russell on the Top 10 rated NBC sitcom ...
(born 1954), American actress and comedian
See also
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John En Marsha, prime time comedy sitcom in the Philippines during the 1980s
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Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
"Marsha, Queen of Diamonds" is the 57th episode of the ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' television series. It originally aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC, on November 23, 1966 and guest starred Carolyn Jones as the episode's titular villa ...
, the fifty-seventh episode of the Batman television series
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Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy
The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, also known as Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB), MTA (Manhattan Talmudical Academy) or TMSTA, is an Orthodox Jewish day school (or yeshiva) and the boys' prep school of Yeshiva University (YU) ...
, Orthodox Jewish day school in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan
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Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds, the fifty-eighth episode of the Batman television series
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The Marsha Warfield Show
''The Marsha Warfield Show'' is an American daytime talk show that aired for ten months on NBC from 1990 to 1991. Comedian and actress Marsha Warfield served as host.
Overview
Each show featured several guests who, on the surface, did not seem t ...
, daytime talk show that aired for two seasons on NBC from 1990 to 1991
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Marsha: Queen of the Mermaids, a character from ''
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focu ...
'' and ''
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''
* Marsha, a character in the British television programme ''
Roary the Racing Car
''Roary the Racing Car'' (stylised as ''ROARY: The Racing Car'') is a British-stop-motion children's television series created by David Jenkins and produced by Chapman Entertainment and Cosgrove Hall Films. It follows the adventures of Roary ...
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