Marcia Henderson

Marcia Anne Prestlien (née Henderson; July 22, 1929 – November 23, 1987) was an American actress. She made her Broadway debut as Wendy in the musical Peter Pan, for which she won a Theatre World Award. Henderson also appeared in films such as All I Desire (1953), The Glass Web (1953), Canyon River (1956), and The Wayward Girl (1957).

Early years Born in Andover, Massachusetts, Henderson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Henderson. She graduated from Williamstown High School in 1947 and from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949. The show ran for 321 performances, closing on January 27, 1951.

She had the lead in the touring company of The Moon Is Blue.

Television Henderson's first regular role on TV was playing Kathleen Anderson on The Aldrich Family. In 1951, she co-starred in Two Girls Named Smith, a 30-minute program broadcast on Saturdays on ABC. She co-starred with Peter Lawford in Dear Phoebe, a situation comedy on NBC in 1954–1955. Henderson had a lead guest role in a 1958 episode of The Restless Gun, with John Payne in the title role.

In 1959 she played secretary and personal assistant Dorothy Brown in the short-lived series World of Giants with co-stars Marshall Thompson and Arthur Franz, and appeared with Gene Barry in Bat Masterson, with Steve McQueen in an episode of Wanted Dead or Alive called "The Hostage", and with Henry Fonda in The Deputy, episode "The Silent Gun".

Film Henderson had featured roles in the 1953 dramas Thunder Bay starring James Stewart and All I Desire starring Barbara Stanwyck. She then had co-star billing in Back to God's Country with Rock Hudson, and The Glass Web with Edward G. Robinson the same year.

In 1954, she was one of the stars of the drama Naked Alibi along with Sterling Hayden, then two years later in a western, Canyon River. One of her later films, 1962's Deadly Duo, featured Henderson playing dual roles as twins.

Personal life Henderson married medical student Robert Brodsky October 15, 1950, in New York City. They divorced in December 1953. In 1961, she married actor Robert Ivers. They had two daughters, Alenda and Mallory.

Beginning in 1957, Henderson suffered from rheumatoid arthritis,