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Born in Akron, Ohio , Mercer graduated from the University Of Michigan , then spent several seasons working in Summer Stock . She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of '' Greenwillow '' in 1960, drew critical notice for her performance in ''New Faces of 1962'', and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, and the Theatre World Award for '' Promises, Promises '' (1968). Additional theatre credits include '' Hay Fever '' and the short-lived 1978 revival of '' Stop The World - I Want To Get Off '' with Sammy Davis, Jr. Mercer was a regular on ''The Dom DeLuise Show'', ''The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters '', '' The Sandy Duncan Show '', '' The Andy Williams Show '', and the Sitcom '' It's A Living '' where she played the humorless maitre'd, Nancy Beebe, had recurring roles on '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman '', its sequel ''Forever Fernwood'', '' St. Elsewhere '', and '' Empty Nest '', and made guest appearances on '' Love, American Style '', '' Archie Bunker's Place '', '' Mama's Family '', '' Benson '', '' The Golden Girls '', '' Murder, She Wrote '', '' Touched By An Angel '', and '' Suddenly Susan '', among many others. Her screen credits include '' Nine To Five '', in which she reunited with former ''Mary Hartman'' co-star Dabney Coleman , whose wife she portrayed in both. (In Nine to Five, she played Missy Hart ; while in Mary Hartman, she played Wanda Rittenhouse Jeeter.
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