Biography Amanda Bearse

    Source: Sony

    Amanda Bearse plays the Bundy's neighbor, Marcy D'Arcy, in Columbia Pictures
    Television's top-rated prime time half-hour comedy series "Married...With
    Children" for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

    A native of Orlando, Florida, Ms. Bearse was raised in Winter Park and Atlanta. She
    was introduced to acting through school and community theatre programs and
    eventually moved to New York to pursue a professional acting career.

    Ms. Bearse was known to millions of television viewers as Amanda Cousins from
    the daytime drama "All My Children." She has also appeared in the television film
    "First Affair," and the ABC series "Hotel."

    Her feature film credits include "Protocol," with Goldie Hawn, and "Fright Night,"
    with Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall. She also appeared with Vanna White in
    the telefilm "Goddess of Love" for NBC.

    On stage, she has performed in off Broadway productions of "St. Joan," "Wilderness"
    and "This Property Is Condemned." Ms. Bearse studied acting with Sanford Meisner
    in New York and directing at the American Film Institute and the University of
    Southern California in Los Angeles.

    Ms. Bearse is currently working "Freestyles," a syndicated entertainment/lifestyle
    newsmagazine geared towards gays and lesbians, She is also the first member of the
    cast to direct episodes of "Married" and is slated to direct in the upcoming seasons.

    Ms. Bearse and her daughter, Zoe, reside in Los Angeles and spend their time
    together swimming and playing with a menagerie of pets.