Marj Dusay
Actress Marj Dusay got her start in showbiz in the 1950s, modeling and studying acting in New York City while her then-husband studied medicine. The couple eventually moved to California and she quickly generated modelling work for television commercials. It was not long before she started landing roles on television and in feature films, including parts on the spy parody "Get Smart," the Elvis Presley movie "Clambake," and a memorable part on a third season episode of "Star Trek" (a fan non-favorite), where she stole Spock's brain. Outside of her busy television schedule throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Dusay also appeared in the Clint Eastwood directed film "Breezy," starring William Holden and Kay Lenz. Although at ease with more glamorous roles, she was also comfortable with broader comedic roles as well--she was an original member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Session, which also counted founder Rob Reiner, Larry Bishop, and Richard Dreyfuss, among others, in its ranks. Her comedic side was able to shine on the '80s sitcom favorite "The Facts of Life," where she played the mother of Blair Warner. Dusay's most famous roles, however, are arguably her juicy turn as Alexandra Spaulding on the long-running daytime soap "Guiding Light" and her role on "All My Children" as scheming Vanessa Bennett. While offscreen, Dusay has been a member of the Kansas University Advisory Board for the Theatre Arts and supported Project Angel Food, an AIDS support organization. She lost her son to the disease in 1993. Marj Dusay died on January 28, 2020 at the age of 83.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pride & Loyalty | Aunt Jeanne (Character) | - | 2002 |
63% |
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A Chronicle of Corpses | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 Bucks | Oldie (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bitter End | Mrs. Moore (Character) | $17.6K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Young Woman Named Xiao Yu | Rita (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | William Shatner's Star Trek Memories | Kara (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughters of Privilege | Trina (Character) | - | 1991 |
56% |
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Made in Heaven | Mrs. Packert (Character) | $4.6M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Companions | Mae (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Paradise Connection | Maggie Donovan (Character) | - | 1979 |
45% |
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MacArthur | Mrs. Jean MacArthur (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Peyton Place | Ellen Considine (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Most Wanted | Jean Evers (Character) | - | 1976 |
63% |
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Breezy | Betty Tobin (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climb an Angry Mountain | May Franklin (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pendulum | Liz Tennant (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Sweet November | Carol (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Miriam Bowman (Guest Star) | 1989 1992 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Strangers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Friday the 13th: The Series | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Monica Warner (Guest Star) | 1981 1983 1985 1987 |
68% | No Score Yet | E/R | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
81% | No Score Yet | Square Pegs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bret Maverick | Unknown (Character) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 1975 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Dr. Brandes (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Cheryl Fitz (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Diana (Guest Star) | 1971 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Mrs. Farrell (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Together | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Couple | Madelyn (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Doris Sanders (Guest Star) | 1969-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Affair | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Guest Star (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0 | Andrea Claire Dupre (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Kara (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |