Andrea Marcovicci

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Andrea Louisa Marcovicci (born November 18, 1948) is an American actress and singer.

Marcovicci was born in New York City, the daughter of Helen (née Stuart), a singer, and Eugene Marcovicci, a physician and internist.^[1]

As an actress, she first became known in the television soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing, as Dr. Betsy Chernak Taylor from 1970–1973. She was nominated for a Golden Globe award for the New Star of the Year in 1977 for the film, The Front (1976).

Marcovicci had a recurring role on Hill Street Blues. She has appeared on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Kojak, The Incredible Hulk, Magnum, P.I., Cybill, Arli$$, Taxi, Voyagers! (as Cleopatra), Baretta and Mannix. She starred on both Trapper John, M.D. (a hit series) as well as Berrenger's (a flop).

Marcovicci appeared onstage on Broadway in Ambassador. Her film roles include The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979), Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) and Jack the Bear (1993).

In 2008, Andrea celebrated her 22nd season at the legendary Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel with Marcovicci Sings Movies II. A very special 60th Birthday concert followed in May 2009 at Town Hall in NYC, celebrating Andrea’s contribution to the American Songbook. To commemorate this event, Andreasong Recordings, Inc. released a compilation CD: As Time Goes By: The Best of Andrea Marcovicci, her 17th album/CD.

She is the recipient of several awards and honors including the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 2007 Mabel Award and three Lifetime Achievement Awards - honored by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, the Licia Albanese - Puccini Foundation, and by a Bob Harrington Backstage Bistro Award. In recognition of her accomplishments in the arts, Andrea has received honorary degrees from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and the Memphis College of Art. In addition, “The Andrea Marcovicci Suite” at the Algonquin Hotel, dedicated in 2006 on her twentieth anniversary at the Oak Room, contains memorabilia of her work in theatre, film, television, and on the concert stage.

Personal life

She is married to Daniel Reichert, an actor; they have a daughter, Alice Wolf Reichert.

Partial filmography

• The Front (1976)
• The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
• The Hand (1981)
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
• The Stuff (1985)
• The Canterville Ghost (1986)
• Someone to Love (1987)
• The Water Engine (1992) (TV)
• Jack the Bear (1993)
• Irene in Time (2008)

References

External links

• Official website
• Andrea Marcovicci at the Internet Movie Database
• 42nd Street Moon's COCO with Andrea Marcovicci