Amanda Bearse

Amanda Bearse made her television debut as Amanda Cousins on the soap opera All My Children (1982–1983). She made her film debut in Protocol (1984), followed by Fraternity Vacation (1985), and starred in the horror film Fright Night (1985). After a guest appearance on Hotel (1986), she was cast as Marcy Rhoades (later Marcy D'Arcy) on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children, a role she played from 1987 to 1997.

While starring on Married... with Children, Bearse studied directing and began directing television. From 1991 to 1997, she directed 31 episodes of Married... with Children. She went on to direct episodes of Reba, MADtv, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, Malcolm & Eddie, Pauly, The Tom Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, Dharma & Greg, Veronica's Closet, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Jesse (1999), Ladies Man, George Lopez, and Jessie (2011). She also directed the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor (2005) and co-produced and directed The Big Gay Sketch Show, which premiered in 2007.

Bearse's later acting credits include The Doom Generation (1995), Here Come the Munsters (1995), Drop Dead Diva (2011), Sky Sharks (2020), and Bros (2022).