Marcia Lynn Dorsett (1927) (sometimes last name Baldwin)

Description:
Shield-shaped face, grey eyes, brown hair parted to one side. Marcia has an English accent and alto voice. She is a writer and a painter.

Appearance:
Marcia first appeared in 1927 at the Anderson home in Elderville, she comes to the fore when Sybil feels hidden anger and rejection simultaneously. According to Vicky Marcia feels what Sybil feels, only more intensely. Marcia is very close friends with Vanessa and they occupy Sybils body simultaneously during the sessions with Doctor Wilbur.

Character:
Marcia and Vanessa share similar interests such as travelling, theatre going, concerts, visiting places of historical interest and buying choice books.

Marcia is highly creative, her paintings show a great variety of colours compared to other alter-egos and she is confident that her writing and painting are superior to that of the other alter-egos, with the exception of Vanessa and Vicky. Marcia would like to turn her talents to cash but becomes frustrated when prevented by the others, namely Sybil.

Marcia is desperate to be loved but is stuck in the past, depressed as result of never having had love from her mother. Although she is mischievous and can be light-hearted she is basically a pessimist, sombre and brooding.

Marcia is extremely emotional and appears to live in extremes. She has the greatest need of all the alter-egos for a loving mother, however this is equalled by her guilt at having wished her mother dead. This guilt results in her depression and suicidal tendencies. Marcia relieves Sybil of her need for her mother and her hate for her.

Marcia is religious, though resents the prohibitions of it, she saw these as depriving her of the opportunity to grow up freely. Marcia felt trapped by talk of the end of the world, though believed that a better life would follow.

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