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Marcia Ann Strassman (March 1, 1948 – October 24, 2014) was an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Nurse Margie Cutler in ''M *A *S *H'', as Julie Kotter in ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' and as Diane Szalinski in the 1989 feature film ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids''; its sequel ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid''; and the 3-D film spin-off ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!'', which was shown at several Disney theme parks through mid-2010. ==Life and career== Strassman was born in New York City and raised in Passaic, New Jersey. Among her earliest acting credits was an appearance in an episode of ''The Patty Duke Show''. In 1963, at age 15, she succeeded Liza Minnelli in the role of Ethel Hofflinger in the Off-Broadway musical ''Best Foot Forward''.〔(''Best Foot Forward'' ) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database.〕 In 1967, she became a recording artist for Uni Records. Her debut single, "The Flower Children", was a top-40 hit in many West Coast U.S. markets, hitting #4 in San Diego and #2 in San Francisco; the track also hit #3 in Vancouver, British Columbia (both at CKLG 730 AM and CFUN 1410 AM in July 1967). However, the single failed to break out nationally in either country; the record stalled at #105 in the U.S., and just sneaked into RPM's Top 100 for Canada, peaking at #95. Her follow-up release, "The Groovy World of Jack & Jill", charted in Denver, Colorado, but virtually nowhere else.〔(Marcia Strassman profile ), las-solanas.com; accessed October 26, 2014.〕 A third single, 1968's "Star Gazer" (produced by Kim Fowley), failed to chart anywhere and brought Strassman's brief recording career to a close. Returning to acting after a gap of a few years, she landed the recurring role of nurse Margie Cutler in six early episodes of ''M *A *S *H''. She landed her best-known role as Julie Kotter, the wife of title character high school teacher Gabe Kotter (Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan) in the ABC comedy series ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' in 1975. The series lasted four years. Strassman was told that co-star Kaplan wanted her off the show and she stated in an interview that working on the show made her "miserable". Kaplan read the interview and realized series producer James Komack was separately telling the two actors they didn't like each other, and Kaplan informed Strassman that he actually wanted more balance between Kotter's work and home environments, which would afford Strassman the chance to do more on the series. Kaplan, a guest host on ''The Tonight Show'' that week, had Strassman on to tell the story as an interview guest; she recalled the incident decades later on a Biography Channel special about the history of ''Kotter''. In the 1970s, Strassman appeared as a guest star on ''Time Express,'' ''The Rockford Files'', ''The Love Boat'' and other primetime dramas. In 1980, she starred as Lenina Crowne in a television production of Aldous Huxley's ''Brave New World''. She co-starred in the short-lived sitcom ''Good Time Harry'' that year. She guest-starred several times on ''Magnum, P.I.'', first introduced in the episode "Heal Thyself", where she played Dr. Karen Harmon, a former nurse with whom the title character served in Vietnam. In 1982, she played Maria in the romantic comedy ''Soup for One''.〔 In 1989–90, she had a co-starring role in the ''21 Jump Street'' spinoff, ''Booker,'' which starred Richard Grieco in the title role. She guest starred on Murder She Wrote in 1996. Strassman had movie roles as the wife of Rick Moranis' scientist character in ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989) and ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid'' (1992). In 1994, she reprised her role from those movies in the 3-D film spin-off ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!''. She later went on to play Nancy Sterngood in the TV show, ''Tremors'' (2003). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcia Strassman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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