Marcia Legere Binns (March 30, 1925 - September 9, 2011) passed away peacefully at her home in Brentwood, California.

Marcia attended South Pasadena-San Marino High School, as well as Ojai Valley School.  She later earned an undergraduate degree in comparative literature from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where her original play "The Glory of Children" garnered an award, and was produced.  After winning a coveted internship at Mademoiselle Magazine in New York City, Marcia worked as a journalist at Time-Life and CBS.  In the early 1960s she was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to the California Women's Parole Board, serving for several years.  In 1998 Marcia endowed the Marcia Legere Student Play Festival at her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, which continues to showcase three one-act plays annually.

Marcia married actor Edward Binns in Carmel Valley in 1956.  Mr. Binns died in 1990.  Marcia is survived by her daughter Brigit Legere Binns.  Marcia divided her time between her home in Los Angeles, Maui, and her beloved "Barn" in New Milford, Connecticut.

Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2011