{"id":77479,"date":"2023-09-05T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=77479"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:39:38","slug":"marcia-de-rousse-dies-true-blood-disappointments-room-actor-was-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/tv-and-movies\/marcia-de-rousse-dies-true-blood-disappointments-room-actor-was-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcia de Rousse Dies: True Blood & Disappointments Room Actor Was 70"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marcia de Rousse, who recurred as Dr. Ludwig on HBO’s True Blood <\/em>and appeared with Kate Beckinsale in The Disappointments Room<\/em>, has died. She was 70. Her reps at Beverly Hecht Agency said she died September 2 after a long illness.<\/p>\n The diminutive De Rousse got her start in the 1981 Chevy Chase-Carrie Fisher comedy Under the Rainbow<\/em> and went on to appear in episodes of The Fall Guy <\/em>and St. Elsewhere<\/em> during that decade. She had a few roles in the 2000s before being cast in True Blood<\/em> as Dr. Patricia Ludwig, who treated illnesses acquired by supernatural beings.<\/em> She appeared in three episodes from the second, fourth and seventh season, last seen fleeing at the mention of Niall Brigant’s name. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In The Disappointments Room, <\/em>de Rousse played a local historian who informs Blacker Estate buyer Dana (Beckinsale) that her new house’s previous occupants had a secret “disappointments room” in the attic, where wealthy socialite families cruelly shuttered their deformed or disabled children. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nRelated Stories<\/h3>\n
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