People named Marcia Lewis

Marcia Lewis, Stage Actress and Singer, Dies at 72 By BRUCE WEBERDEC. 22, 2010 Marcia Lewis, an actress and singer known for bringing a comic brassiness to Broadway revivals of “Grease” and “Chicago,” died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 72. The cause was lung cancer, said her husband, Fred Bryan. A sturdy woman with a trumpet of a voice that she could muster to comically piercing effect, Ms. Lewis came to prominence late in her performing life, when she was already in her 50s. She earned her first Broadway credit in the original production (though not the original cast) of “Hello, Dolly!” She subsequently led the respectable career of a character actress for three decades, appearing in television sitcoms, occasional films and theater productions on and Off Broadway. Then, in 1994, she landed a role in a revival of the hit 1972 musical “Grease.”The revival, which also starred Rosie O’Donnell, was roundly scorned by critics but lasted four years, and Ms. Lewis was nominated for a Tony Award as best featured actress for her performance as Miss Lynch, the crabby old-maid English teacher. In 1996 she was in the opening-night cast of the long-running Broadway hit “Chicago,” which began life as part of the “Encores!” series of musicals in concert. (The original “Chicago” ran on Broadway from 1975 to 1977.) Ms. Lewis played Mama Morton, a prison matron who shares the profane show-stopping duet “Class” with the murderess Velma Kelly and belts out an audience favorite of her own, “When You’re Good to Mama.” Again she was nominated for a Tony. Marcia Lewis, left, and Bebe Neuwirth in “Chicago,” from 1996. Ms. Lewis was nominated for a Tony for her role. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “She was so outrageous and so excellent,” said Joel Grey, a friend of Ms. Lewis’s who also starred in “Chicago.” “People used to gather in the wings to watch her.” Marcia Bernice Lewis was born in Melrose, Mass., outside Boston, on Aug. 18, 1938. Her father, an engineer for General Electric, was transferred when Marcia was a girl, and she grew up mostly in Cincinnati. She attended the University of Cincinnati and became a registered nurse, but she also performed in local theater productions and in her early 20s moved to New York City to become a professional actress. Before landing the “Hello, Dolly!” job, she worked at a hospital taking care of newborns. Ms. Lewis played Miss Hannigan in the original Broadway run of “Annie” and Golde in the 1990 revival of “Fiddler on the Roof.” Her other theater credits include the musicals “Rags” and “Rosa” and the 1989 revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Orpheus Descending,” with Vanessa Redgrave. On television, she appeared in “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Baretta,” “Happy Days,” “Kate and Allie,” “Mr. Belvedere,” “Goodtime Girls” and the mini-series “Rich Man, Poor Man.” She was also a cabaret singer and recorded a solo album, “Nowadays,” in 1998. Ms. Lewis’s first marriage ended in divorce. In addition to her husband, an accountant and investment banker she married in 2001, she is survived by a brother, Edwin Parker Lewis, known as Pete, of Milford, Ohio; three stepchildren, Mary Fortin of Memphis, Margaret Hakimian of Melrose, Mass., and William Felix Bryan, known as Felix, of Chapel Hill, Tenn.; and six step-grandchildren.

Marcia R Lewis of Bell County, TX was born circa 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia R. (Parsons) Lewis.

Marcia Jane Lewis of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM was born on December 19, 1921, and died at age 75 years old on February 26, 1997. Marcia Lewis was buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery Section 8 Site 274 North Guadalupe Street, in Santa Fe.

Marcia G Lewis of Denton County, TX was born circa 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia G. (Brosz) Lewis.

Marcia S Lewis of TX was born circa 1941. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia S. (Brosh) Lewis.

Marcia Lewis of TX was born circa 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia (Freeman) Lewis.

Marcia L Lewis of TX was born circa 1958. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia L. (Hickam) Lewis.

Marcia L Lewis of TX was born circa 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia L. (Gowdy) Lewis.

Marcia D Lewis of TX was born circa 1958. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia D. (West) Lewis.

Marcia L Lewis of TX was born circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia L. (Zook) Lewis.

Marcia L Lewis of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia L. (Jefferson) Lewis.

Marcia Lewis of TX was born circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia (Mitchell) Lewis.

Marcia J Lewis was born on October 15, 1946, and died at age 66 years old on April 1, 2013. Marcia Lewis was buried at Tahoma National Cemetery Section B Row E Site 6 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia J Lewis.

Marcia Lewis was born on August 22, 1947, and died at age 60 years old on March 24, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia Lewis.

Marcia Lewis of Joliet, Will County, Illinois was born on July 31, 1921, and died at age 51 years old in April 1973.

Marcia D Lewis of California was born on March 3, 1948, and died at age 61 years old on September 12, 2009.

Marcia Lewis of Santa Ana, Orange County, California was born on August 6, 1897, and died at age 81 years old in March 1979.

Marcia Lewis of Venice, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 24, 1894, and died at age 94 years old in January 1989.

Marcia Ann Lewis of Portland, Washington County, Oregon was born on November 7, 1955, and died at age 54 years old on June 17, 2010.

Marcia J Lewis of Round Rock, Williamson County, TX was born on February 13, 1932, and died at age 69 years old on February 6, 2002.

Marcia R Lewis of Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO was born on September 28, 1953, and died at age 43 years old on June 10, 1997.

Marcia J Lewis of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO was born on February 2, 1932, and died at age 66 years old on January 30, 1999.

Marcia Lewis of Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas was born on September 1, 1901, and died at age 77 years old in January 1979.

Marcia Lewis of Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ was born on March 24, 1936, and died at age 72 years old on May 16, 2008.

Marcia M Lewis of Northridge, Los Angeles County, CA was born on November 27, 1918, and died at age 81 years old on September 28, 2000.

Marcia A Lewis of Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA was born on February 17, 1944, and died at age 65 years old on May 2, 2009.

Marcia J Lewis of Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX was born on January 21, 1940, and died at age 65 years old on November 6, 2005.

Marcia J Lewis was born on January 12, 1945, and died at age 53 years old on December 18, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcia J Lewis.

Marcia A Lewis of Jenison, Ottawa County, MI was born on October 3, 1939, and died at age 65 years old on October 9, 2004.