Marcia Bennett
Acting
Marcia Bennett (born in Evansville, Indiana) is an American-born Canadian actress and acting instructor based in Toronto, with over 50 years of professional experience. She holds a BA in Drama from the University of Evansville and a Master's in Theatre from the University of Missouri. Her film credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987), The Hurricane (1999), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007), and Trap (2024). On television she has appeared in Beauty and the Beast (CW, 2012–2016), Mrs. America (2020), Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022), and The Last of Us (2023). She is also a voice actress (Mrs. Muskrat in Franklin) and an acting instructor in Toronto. Her exact date of birth is unconfirmed. No major awards are on record.
Filmography
- 2026O Little Christmas Market — Mrs. Banks
- Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy — Delores Nieder
- Sheriff Country — June Baker
- 2024Campton Manor — Ethel
- 2024Scared Shitless — Mrs. Applebaum
- 2024Trap — Cooper's Mother
- 2023Christmas on Windmill Way — Ann
- The Last of Us — Mrs. Adler
- 2022A Christmas Masquerade — Viktoria
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Mrs. Montague
- 2022One Small Visit — Viola Armstrong
- 2021Christmas Movie Magic — Diane
- 2021Christmas à la Carte — Marian
- 2020Feel the Beat — Grandma
- Mrs. America — Dadie Stewart
- 2020The Kid Detective — Secretary
- 2019Canadian Strain — Gloria
- 2019Chubby
- Hudson & Rex — Joyce Buell
- 2019We — Margaret
- Carter — Diana Lasseter
- 2018Entertaining Christmas — Mrs. Deevers
- 2018Our House — Marie
- 2017Country Crush — Mrs. Stanley
- 2017The Performance — Maggie Moore
- Conviction — Judge Nora Burby
- 2016The Addition — Barbara Stenhouse
- 2015Bark Ranger — Librarian
- Good Witch — Agnes Janicky
- 2015Northpole: Open for Christmas — Betty
- 2015The Music in Me — Ellen
- Odd Squad — Circle Lady
- 2014The Big Fat Stone — Lady Being Mugged
- Hemlock Grove — Donna Thurgood
- Beauty and the Beast — Mrs. Potts
- The Firm — Justice Gorman
- 2011The Woman — Deana
- 2010At Risk — Kim Finlay
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures — Mrs. Amin
- 2010The Night Before the Night Before Christmas — Mrs. Claus
- 2010Who Is Clark Rockefeller? — Aunt Marjorie
- 2009Booky's Crush — Elderly Woman
- 2009Grey Gardens — Hostess
- Warehouse 13 — Amy's Mother
- 2008Fugitive Pieces — Mrs. Taylor
- Murdoch Mysteries — Alice Nugent
- 2008Red — Emma
- The Border — Constance
- 2007Jesse Stone: Sea Change — Hilda Evans
- 2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium — Lora
- Skins — Irene Polaski
- 2007The Stone Angel — Nurse 2004
- 2006Sick Girl — Lana Beasley
- 2006The Woods — Mrs. Mackinaw
- Masters of Horror — Lana Beasley
- 2005Murder in the Hamptons — Psychiatrist
- 2005Plague City: SARS in Toronto — Babs Polaski
- 2005The Dive from Clausen's Pier — Barbara Fraser
- 2005Widow on the Hill — Dotty
- 2004Godsend — Principal Hersch
- 2004Noel — Nurse Stein
- 2004The Wool Cap — Mrs. Gigot
- This Is Wonderland — Ruth Blainey
- Slings & Arrows — May Silverstone
- 2002Gilda Radner: It's Always Something — Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine 'Dibby' Gillies
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye — Carolyn McCartney
- 2002Terminal Invasion — Gloria
- 2002The Brady Bunch in the White House — Secretary of H & H Services
- 2002The Tuxedo — Water Executive
- And Never Let Her Go — Ruth Boylan
- 2001Glitter
- 2001Laughter on the 23rd Floor — Cal's Secretary
- Mutant X — Mrs. Hayes
- 2001Prince Charming — Queen Isabel
- 2001Serendipity — Mrs. Louis Trager
- 2001Snap Decision — Barbara
- 2001Tart — Ms. Major
- 2000Bless the Child — Head Nurse
- 2000Cheaters — Joan Isenberg
- 2000Sex & Mrs. X — Margaret
- 2000The Magic of Marciano — Carol
- 1999Happy Face Murders — Judge Peale
- 1999Small Vices — Mrs. Henderson
- 1999The Hurricane — Jean Wahl
- 1999To Love, Honor, & Betray — Woman Friend
- 1999What Katy Did — Mrs. Pattifer
- Little Men — Mrs. Albright
- 1998Sleeping Dogs Lie — Megan
- 1998Thanks of a Grateful Nation — Dr. Joyce Lasnot
- 1998The Sweetest Gift — Librarian
- 1997Bad to the Bone — Judge
- 1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice — Laura Edelman
- 1995Billy Madison — 4th Grade Teacher
- 1995Remember Me — Librarian
- 1995Street Law — Janice
- 1994The Forget-Me-Not Murders — Laura Foy
- 1994Trapped in Paradise — Bus Station Clerk
- 1993Gregory K — Alice Dodge
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Aunt Yvonne
- The Hidden Room — Doctor
- 1989Glory! Glory!
- 1987Adventures in Babysitting — Nurse
- Friday the 13th: The Series — Peggy Hobbs
- 1987Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War — Angie Novello
- 1987The Pink Chiquitas — Tourist Mom
- 1984A Matter of Sex — Clara
- 1984He's Fired, She's Hired — Rose Randall