Marcia Cross
Marcia Cross | |
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Born | |
Education | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1984–present |
Spouse |
Tom Mahoney (m. 2006) |
Partner | Richard Jordan (1985–1993; his death) |
Children | 2 |
Marcia Cross (born March 25, 1962)
Early life
Cross was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and she is of English and Irish descent. She is one of three daughters of Janet, a teacher, and Mark J Cross, a personnel manager.[3] Cross was raised Catholic.[4] She graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980 and received a half-scholarship to Juilliard.[5] She completed college in 1984 earning a B.F.A. in Acting.[6] Cross returned to school in 1997 receiving a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2003.[3]
Career
Cross began her television career in 1984 on the soap opera
In 1992, Cross was cast as Dr. Kimberly Shaw in the primetime soap opera Melrose Place. She left in the fifth season. She also appeared on the episodes of sitcoms, such as Seinfeld, Boy Meets World, Ally McBeal, Spin City and The King of Queens. Her dramatic roles include appearances on CSI, Strong Medicine, Profiler and Touched by an Angel.[8] Her film credits include Bad Influence (1990), Always Say Goodbye (1996), Just Peck (2009) and Bringing Up Bobby (2011). In 2003, Cross spent a season co-starring as Linda Abbott on the TV series Everwood.[8]
In 2004, Cross starred in the role of
Personal life
As a child, Cross showed an early interest in performing. She took piano lessons, dance lessons at the Ceil Sharon School of Dance, and was her high school's mascot at school games.[10] Her first acting role was in grade school, in a play called The Witch of Blackbird Pond.[10]
Relationships
Cross was the long-time companion of actor Richard Jordan, who was 25 years her senior; Jordan died from a brain tumor in 1993. In 2006, she married stockbroker Tom Mahoney.[11] Cross underwent in vitro fertilization soon after their wedding,[12] and gave birth to fraternal twin daughters in February 2007, shortly before her 45th birthday.[13][14]
Activism
In September 2018, Cross revealed she had been in remission for eight months after receiving treatment for
Marcia Cross expressed support for a ceasefire in the
Filmography
References
- ^ Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 19-25
- ^ a b "Marcia Cross Tapped For 'Quantico' Role". Deadline. November 6, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Reed, J.D. (December 15, 2003). "Health Change: Melrose Place Alum Marcia Cross Trades Bad Medicine for Good on Everwood". People. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Keck, William (April 14, 2005). "A soapy coming-out party". USA Today. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
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- ^ Goudas, John N. (April 17, 1987). "Marcia Cross' Parents Thought She'd Outgrow Acting Bug". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ Slewinski, Christy (April 11, 1996). "Just Another Manic Sunday, With The Madwoman Of 'MP'". Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ ""Desperate housewives" – så gick det". Expressen (in Swedish). September 23, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ a b Marcia Cross- Biography, Yahoo! Movies
- ^ "Marcia Cross Makes TV Return with Starring Role in Fox Comedy Pilot 'Fatrick'". Deadline. December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ a b Jane Keller Gordon (February 1, 2021). "Marcia Cross recalls her Marlborough childhood". Fifty Plus Advocate. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021.
- ^ Wihlborg, Ulrica (June 24, 2006). "Marcia Cross Gets Married". People magazine.
- ^ Tauber, Michelle (April 11, 2007). "Marcia Cross Talks About Motherhood". People. Archived from the original on March 29, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Gee, Alison. "Marcia Cross Welcomes Twin Girls" Archived March 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine People. February 21, 2007.
- ^ "Us Exclusive: Desperate Housewives' Marcia Cross Gets Married". Usmagazine.com. August 25, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ "Desperate Housewives actress Marcia Cross has been battling cancer in secret". Metro. September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Marcia Cross Is Sharing Her Anal Cancer Story in the Hopes of Ending the 'Stigma'". People. March 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Lisa Respers France (June 6, 2019). "Marcia Cross says her colon cancer is linked to HPV and husband's throat cancer". CNN. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "Marcia Cross on Why She Spoke Out About Anal Cancer: 'People Were Suffering and Ashamed'". People.
- ^ Nedelman, Michael (June 7, 2019). "Actress shines light on HPV's link to anal cancers". CNN.
- ^ "Marcia Cross Says She's 'Grateful to Be Alive' to Watch Her Twins' Graduation After Anal Cancer". People. June 9, 2019.
- ^ https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/139304
- ^ "Desperate Housewives actress says silence on Palestine 'made her feel deaf'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
External links
- Marcia Cross on Instagram
- Marcia Cross at IMDb
- Marcia Cross at the Internet Broadway Database
- Marcia Cross at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Marcia Cross at the TCM Movie Database