Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, Mrs. Carruthers on Full House, and as the voice of elementary school teacher Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy in 1992. The character was retired after her death but sporadically appears through archive recording. Wallace was known for her tall frame, red hair, and distinctive laugh. She had a career spanning five decades on TV, film, and stage. She was a frequent guest on The Merv Griffin Show, which led to her receiving a personal request to appear on The Bob Newhart Show in a role created especially for her. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1985, she became a cancer activist, and remained so throughout her life.

Filmography

• 2017Cook-Off! — Marcia Wallace
• 2014Muffin Top: A Love Story — Marcia Wallace
• 2013Monsters University — Additional Voices (voice)
• 2007Big Stan — Alma
• 2007The Simpsons Movie — Edna Krabappel (voice)
• 2003The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror — Edna Krabappel (voice)
• O2Be
• That's My Bush! — Maggie Hawley
• Providence — Gelinda
• 1999The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
• 1998The Christmas Path — Mrs. Claus
• Cow and Chicken — Woman / Old Woman (voice)
• George & Leo
• I Am Weasel — Woman / Old Woman (voice)
• Teen Angel — Angela
• The Angry Beavers — Mrs. Beaver (voice)
• 7th Heaven — Nurse
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Aladdin — Oopa (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series — 'Dark Interlude' Actress (voice)
• Darkwing Duck — Clovis / Mrs. Cavanaugh (voice), Didi Lovelost (voice)
• 1991Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns The Duck — Clovis / Mrs. Cavanaugh (voice)
• 1991The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special — Carol Kester Bondurant
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Mrs. Wheeler (voice)
• 1990Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College — Miss Boggs
• 1989My Mom's a Werewolf — Peggy
• 1989Teen Witch — Mrs. Malloy
• The Simpsons — Edna Krabappel (voice), Edna Krabappel / Ms. Melon (voice), Crowd (voice)
• Murphy Brown — Molly, Carol - Secretary #66
• A Different World — Waitress
• Full House — Mrs. Carruthers
• Mathnet — Mrs. Wynn
• ALF — Mrs. Lyman
• Charles in Charge — Dodo
• Finder of Lost Loves — Friend at Surprise Party
• Murder, She Wrote — Polly Barth
• Night Court — Miss Phillips
• 1980Gridlock — Boom Boom Shavelson
• Magnum, P.I. — Barbara Terranova
• 1980Pray TV — Alice Kidd
• 1979The Castaways on Gilligan's Island — Myra Elliott
• 1978Flying High — Connie Martin
• Taxi — Marcia Wallace
• CHiPs — Marcia Wallace (uncredited)
• The Love Boat — Ms. O'Roarke
• Battle of the Network Stars
• The Bob Newhart Show — Carol Kester
• Columbo — Women
• Love, American Style — Bertha
• The Brady Bunch — Mrs. Robbins
• The Invaders — Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Bewitched — Betty

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2006The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank — Herself
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• Body Language — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self