18 Facts About Marcia Cross

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Marcia Anne Cross was born on March 25,1962 and is an American actress.

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Marcia Cross acted in daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing.

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Marcia Cross had a recurring role as President Claire Haas on the ABC series Quantico.

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Marcia Cross was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and is of English and Irish descent.

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Marcia Cross is one of three daughters of Janet, a teacher, and Mark J Cross, a personnel manager.

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Marcia Cross graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980 and received a half-scholarship to Juilliard.

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Marcia Cross returned to school in 1997 receiving a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2003.

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8.

Marcia Cross began her television career in 1984 on the soap opera The Edge of Night, playing the recurring role of Liz Correll.

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In 1992, Marcia Cross was cast as Dr Kimberly Shaw in the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place.

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Marcia Cross appeared on the episodes of sitcoms, such as Seinfeld, Boy Meets World, Ally McBeal, Spin City and The King of Queens.

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In 2003, Marcia Cross spent a season co-starring as Linda Abbott on WB's series Everwood.

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In 2004, Marcia Cross starred as role of Bree Van de Kamp in Desperate Housewives.

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Marcia Cross received a Satellite Award for her performance in the show's second season.

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In 2014, after two years on hiatus, Marcia Cross co-starred as the lead character's mother in the unsuccessful Fox comedy pilot Fatrick.

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Marcia Cross took piano lessons, dance lessons at the Ceil Sharon School of Dance, and was her high school's mascot at school games.

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Marcia Cross's first acting role was in grade school, in a play called The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

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Marcia Cross was the long-time companion of actor Richard Jordan, who was 25 years her senior; Jordan died from a brain tumor in 1993.

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Marcia Cross underwent in vitro fertilization soon after their wedding, and gave birth to fraternal twin daughters in February 2007, shortly before her 45th birthday.