With her dark red hair, green eyes, classic features, and tall, slender figure, she was popular on the runway, and often did print work.

[2] In 1968, Marie received national attention when she landed the first of three roles in the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows produced by Dan Curtis.

She played Jenny Collins, the demented wife of Quentin, Marie's personal favorite character, who was notable for her unkempt mane of red hair, black lace dress, and hysterical, cackling laughter.

After Dark Shadows, Marie had a part as the delightfully evil "India Bishop Delaney" in Somerset, a soap opera spin-off from Another World.

In 1993, she played the part of Eleanor of Aquitaine in a stage production of The Lion In Winter which was directed by her former Dark Shadows co-star Jonathan Frid.

Written by a fellow member of a NY acting workshop, John Ellis, it supplements the stories in Marie's own memoir, and is available online : https://web.archive.org/web/20140729004654/http://www.sondheimreview.com/v15n2.htm#sample .