Amanda Bearse

Amanda Bearse, an American actress, comedian and director, grew up in Winter Park, Florida, and trained in acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City under Sanford Meisner. Her television debut came as Amanda Cousins on the ABC soap All My Children from 1982 to 1983. After roles in Protocol and Fraternity Vacation, she took the female lead in the supernatural horror film Fright Night (1985). From 1987 to 1997 she played Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy, the feminist neighbor on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. Bearse moved into directing, with training at the American Film Institute and studies at the University of Southern California. She directed 31 episodes of Married... with Children between 1991 and 1997 and more than 90 episodes of comedy series, including The Big Gay Sketch Show, which she produced with Rosie O'Donnell. Other acting credits include The Doom Generation (1995), Here Come the Munsters (1995), Drop Dead Diva, Sky Sharks and Bros (2022).