Marcy Walker
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Marcy Walker | |
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Born | Marcy Lynn Walker November 26, 1961 Paducah, Kentucky, U.S. |
Other names | Marcy Smith |
Occupation(s) | Actress, minister |
Years active | 1980–2005 |
Spouses | Stephen Ferrera
(m. 1983; div. 1983)Stephan Collins
(m. 1990; div. 1991)Robert Primrose
(m. 1997; div. 1999)Doug Smith
(m. 1999) |
Children | 1 |
Marcy Lynn Walker (born November 26, 1961), also known as Marcy Smith, is an American
Personal life
Walker was born in Paducah, Kentucky and traveled the world during her youth. She lived in Lancaster, California from 1975 to 1978 and attended Antelope Valley High School there. [citation needed] After her junior year, she moved to Troy, Illinois and attended Triad High School where she was active in the drama club and graduated from there in 1979.[citation needed]
Marcy has one son, Taylor, from her third husband, Stephan Collins. In 1999, she married Doug Smith and goes by the name Marcy Smith in her private life. At one point, she was romantically involved with former All My Children costar
Acting background
In 1981, Walker was cast in her first acting job on a daytime serial as Liza Colby on the
In 1984, Walker created another popular soap opera role in the form of Eden Capwell on Santa Barbara. Her character, partnered with
In 1993, she started playing the role of Tangie Hill on Guiding Light. While the role was created specifically for Walker, the character didn't catch on with the audience and Walker declined to renew her contract.[4] Walker left the show in mid-1995 before making a long-awaited comeback appearance as Liza Colby on All My Children in September of that year. In 2001, she was nominated for another Outstanding Lead Actress Daytime Emmy award.[citation needed]
On August 5, 2004, The Wilton Bulletin, a Connecticut newspaper, reported Walker's intention to become a full-time children's ministry director at Hope Church in Wilton, Connecticut upon the expiration of her ABC Television contract the following September.[5] The actress had been interviewed for the article on July 20, 2004.[5] On August 20, 2004, Dan J Kroll of soapcentral.com reported that Walker's All My Children contract had not been renewed.[6] Her farewell appearance on All My Children aired on September 28, 2004.
The exit of Liza Colby occurred amid rumor that Walker would return to the show on a recurring basis. This rumor was fueled by the fact that her exit was very open-ended. She was not killed off, like some notable fan favorites like Jesse Hubbard, played by Darnell Williams, but rather assumed a new identity. Her character simply decided to take her daughter to live out of reach from her controlling ex-husband Adam Chandler, played by David Canary.[citation needed]
According to
Former head writer Megan McTavish spoke to the soap media and publicly thanked Walker for working without a contract, but also hinted that she did not intend for Liza to return to the show any time soon. However, in 2009, the character of Liza returned, albeit played this time by actress Jamie Luner.[citation needed]
After Walker left All My Children, she decided to accept a position in Christian ministry based in Huntersville, North Carolina.[citation needed]
In addition to her work with daytime soap operas, Walker has starred in several movies of the week, including The Return of Desperado, Bar Girls, Midnight's Child, and Terror In the Shadows.
Walker did not participate in the All My Children reunion that was featured on the February 2, 2017 edition of the
Filmography
Year | TV Movie/Series | Role |
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1995 | Terror in the Shadows | Rebecca/Christine |
1996 | Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17 | Lieutenant Kathy Leone |
1993–1995 | Guiding Light | Tangie Hill |
1993 | Nick's Game | Maxine "Max" Clift |
1992 | Overexposed | Ann Demski |
1992 | Midnight's Child | Kate |
1991 | Palace Guard | Christy Cooper |
1990 | Babies | Cindy |
1990 | Bar Girls | Melanie Roston |
1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Marie Ramsey |
1988 | The Return of Desperado | Caitlin Jones |
1984–1991 | Santa Barbara | Eden Capwell Castillo |
1981–1984, 1995–2004, 2005 | All My Children | Liza Colby |
1980 | Life on the Mississippi | Emmeline |
Year | Film | Role |
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1994 | Talking About Sex | Rachel Parsons |
1985 | Hot Resort | Franny |
Awards and honors
Year | Award | Role (Show) |
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2001 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Leading Actress | Liza Colby (All My Children) |
1997 | Soap Opera Award Outstanding Supporting Actress | Liza Colby (All My Children) |
1989 | Daytime Emmy Winner, Outstanding Leading Actress | Eden Capwell (Santa Barbara) |
1989 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Leading Actress | Eden Capwell (Santa Barbara) |
1988 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Leading Actress | Eden Capwell (Santa Barbara) |
1987 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Leading Actress | Eden Capwell (Santa Barbara) |
1984 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actress | Liza Colby (All My Children) |
1983 | Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actress | Liza Colby (All My Children) |
Ministry background
In early 2005, after juggling two roles, one as an actress and another working part-time in her home church, Hope Church, in Wilton, Connecticut, she decided to pursue Christian youth ministry on a full-time basis. In 2005, she began working at Lake Forest Church in Huntersville, North Carolina as their Director of Children's Ministry. On July 22, 2010, she announced on her Facebook page that she was resigning her position on staff with the church to take a position at another Charlotte-area church. The Mission Pastor of her former church once said "Marcy is the coolest." In 2011, Marcy joined the staff of
References
- ^ "He's the Hottest Cad on the Soaps, but Michael Knight Won't Let Fame Go to His Bed". PEOPLE.com.
- ^ "Bronson Pinchot". www.nndb.com.
- ^ Waggett, Gerald J. The Official All My Children Trivia Book. New York: Hyperion, 1998.
- ^ HIRSCH, LYNDA. "SABATINO OF 'B&B' A SOAP VETERAN." Sun-Sentinel 29 July 1995, ALL, LIFESTYLE: 4D. NewsBank. Web. 3 July 2013.
- ^ a b COMISKEY, DEVIN. "From TV to church work - Soap star begins new role as children's ministry director." Wilton Bulletin, The (CT) 5 August 2004, News: A001. NewsBank. Web. 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Walker's contract not renewed".
- ^ a b Home & Family. Hst. Mark Steines and Debbie Matenopoulos. Hallmark Channel. 2 February 2017. Television.
- ^ "From Fame to Faith - Outlook - Edmond and North OKC Oklahoma Magazine". www.edmondoutlook.com.