Marcie leeds biography

After nearly 20 years apart, I had lunch with Marcie Leeds, who—as a child—had played the young Barbara Hershey to my young Bette Midler in the movie Beaches. Although I went on to star in Blossom, and ultimately college and graduate school, before coming back to acting, Marcie took a different path.

Interestingly, science was also involved in shaping her as she became an adult, a fact which we discussed over lunch as well. I wanted to give Grok Nation readers insight into what Marcie has been up to, so I interviewed her!

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Read our chat below…

MAYIM:When we had lunch last week, we caught up after almost 20 years of not seeing each other—wow! I wanted to share with our readers some of the incredible things you’ve done since Beaches.

What stands out when you think about our time filming Beaches?
MARCIE: You’re gonna laugh, but do you remember you always had a bigger area to change in your dressing room than I did? So my brother and I were always with you in