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Marcia B. McCabe is an American actress.

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Early life and education

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Marcia McCabe was born in Pennsylvania, the granddaughter of Scott Paper Company chairman Thomas B. McCabe and of Parade Publications publisher Arthur H. Motley.[1] She graduated from Abbot Academy in 1973 and attended Rollins College before moving to New York City.

Career

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McCabe played Sunny Adamson in the daytime television drama Search for Tomorrow from 1978 to 1986.[5][6][7][8] In 1989, she was cast as publishing executive Alicia Grande in One Life to Live.[5] She's also appeared in episodes of Another World, As the World Turns, and All My Children and appeared as herself on the Bob Braun Show, the Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour and the television program entitled Go.

Awards and recognition

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In 2021, she was honored by Phillips Academy for developing regional programming including Meals on Wheels and for her dedication and positive attitude in numerous other Non sibi projects.[3][4]

Personal life

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McCabe married fellow actor and director Christopher Goutman in Pennsylvania in 1985.[5] The couple divorced in 2016.

Filmography

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Television
Year Show Role
1978-1986 Search for Tomorrow Sunny Adamson[6][7][8]
1988-1989 One Life to Live Alicia Grande
1992-1993 All My Children Leslie DuPres
1995 Another World Bunny Eberhardt[8]
2008 As the World Turns Carolyn Wheatley
Marcia McCabe (right) in 1979 at the 150th celebration of Abbot Academy.

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Marcia McCabe is an American actress known for her extensive work in daytime television soap operas. She is best recognized for her long-running portrayal of Sunny Adamson on the soap opera ''Search for Tomorrow'', a role she played from 1979 to 1986. Born on March 5, 1955, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, McCabe established herself in the genre during the late 1970s and continued to appear in prominent soap operas over the following decades. Her credits include Alicia Grande on ''One Life to Live'' (1988–1989), Leslie DuPres on ''All My Children'' (1992–1993), Bunny Eberhardt on ''Another World'' (1995), and Carolyn Wheatley on ''As the World Turns'' (2008). McCabe's career has been centered on daytime drama, where she contributed to several of the most enduring series in American television history. She has been married to actor and director Christopher Goutman since 1985, and the couple has two children.

Early life

Family background

Marcia McCabe was born on March 5, 1955, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Thomas Bayard McCabe Jr., who served as president of the Marketing Science Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his wife, both late as of 1985 and residents of Wallingford, Pennsylvania. McCabe is the granddaughter of Thomas Bayard McCabe, who was chairman of the Scott Paper Company, and Arthur H. Motley, who was president and publisher of Parade Publications.

Education

Marcia McCabe graduated from Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1973. The commencement program lists her as Marcia Bishop McCabe from Pennsylvania. She attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Career

Entry into acting and early roles

Marcia McCabe began her professional acting career in the late 1970s with her debut in the daytime soap opera genre in New York City. Reliable sources provide no documented credits for any prior roles in theater, television, film, or other media. Her early career focused on the soap opera format, which was centered in New York at the time and offered opportunities for emerging actors in daytime drama.

Search for Tomorrow

Marcia McCabe portrayed Sunny Adamson on the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1979 to 1986, a role that marked her most significant and longest-running contribution to the genre. Sunny Adamson was depicted as a glamorous news reporter whose storyline prominently featured an extended search for a husband. During McCabe's tenure, the series underwent a network transition, having moved from CBS to NBC in 1982, with McCabe continuing in the role on NBC as of 1985. The character represented a key presence on the long-running show, which concluded its run in December 1986. This role solidified McCabe's reputation in daytime television, serving as her primary daytime credit during that period and leading to her recognition in soap opera circles long after the series ended.

Roles on other daytime soap operas

Marcia McCabe continued her presence in daytime television after her long tenure on Search for Tomorrow ended in 1986, taking on recurring and guest roles across several prominent soap operas. She portrayed the sophisticated publishing executive Alicia Grande on One Life to Live from 1988 to 1989, joining the series in late 1988 and becoming peripherally involved in major storylines during her time on the show. McCabe next appeared as Leslie DuPres on All My Children from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, she played Bunny Eberhardt on Another World. Her final daytime credit came in 2008 when she returned to the genre as Carolyn Wheatley on As the World Turns.

Personal life

Marriage to Christopher Goutman

Marcia McCabe married television director Christopher Paul Goutman on April 13, 1985, at the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The Rev. J. Barrie Shepherd performed the ceremony. The bride retained her maiden name and was portraying Sunny Adamson on NBC's daytime drama Search for Tomorrow at the time. Goutman was directing NBC's daytime drama Another World.

Family and later years

Marcia McCabe and Christopher Goutman have two children. In her later years, McCabe has maintained a low public profile while dedicating significant time to volunteer service with Phillips Academy Andover, her alma mater through its predecessor Abbot Academy. She has served as class secretary for the Class of 1973 since graduation, class agent since 2008, and currently co-chairs the Class Secretaries Committee of the Alumni Council. For more than 10 years, she has hosted annual Non Sibi Day projects with Meals on Wheels, and since 2014 she has been an invaluable partner in developing engaging regional programming for alumni in New York. McCabe has also contributed as a consistent donor to the Academy, including a gift toward a dressing room in the Tang Theatre during its renovation in the early 1990s. In 2021, Phillips Academy presented her with the Distinguished Service Award for her extensive volunteer roles across programs and committees, her positive attitude, warm personality, and deep embodiment of the school's non sibi spirit.
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