Marcy Walker joined the cast of Santa Barbara as Eden Capwell during its 1984 premiere season. In a short time, Eden's romance with Cruz Castillo (portrayed by A Martinez) captivated the hearts of the viewers. The role earned Marcy three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Best Actress. She finally won the award in 1989. Early life Marcy was born in Paducah, Ky. Because her father worked as a field service engineer, the family became accustomed to moving from place to place. By the time Marcy graduated from Triad High School in Troy, Illinois, she had lived all over the U.S., not to mention Switzerland and Iran. After graduating, Marcy decided to attend Southern Illinois University. During the enrollment process, she was sitting in the theater manager's office when a call came in from New York casting director Jane Iredale asking if the university had any likely candidates to star in the PBS production of Life on the Mississippi with Robert Lansing.

Career
The fire of Marcy's success was sparked when she won the role of a Southern belle in Mississippi over 2000 other applicants. She subsequently moved to New York, where Jane Iredale became her manager. After completing the Mississippi project, Marcy was cast in over 40 commercials, and at the same time played lead roles in Christian and Katherine and The Sister's Room, both for the Cable TV Network. In 1981, she was offered the role of the malicious Liza Colby on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Marcy's portrayal of the character won her two Emmy Award nominations. Concurrently, she co-starred with Frank Gorshin in the feature film Hot Resorts. Pursuing her desire to enact the role of a heroine, Marcy joined the cast of Santa Barbara two months after the show began. A part was reserved for her during this time so she could fulfill her contract with All My Children. "I took the biggest risk you could take," said Marcy. "I had a secure job, a good role on a very hot show, but I wanted a change. If you're never willing to fail, you're never really willing to succeed."

Recent work
In addition to her daytime contributions, Marcy starred in several movies-of-the-week, including The Return of Desperado, Bar Girls, Babies, Midnight's Child, Overexposed and Terror in the Shadows. Marcy left Santa Barbara in 1991 to star on Stephen J. Cannell's new series Palace Guard. She returned to daytime as Tangie Hill on Guiding Light and later made a comback as Liza on All My Children. After leaving the show for the second time, Marcy left acting in 2005 and began directing a children's ministry in North Carolina.

Personal life
Marcy has been divorced four times. She was married to actor Stephen Ferris and Billy Warlock (Days of Our Lives) in the 80s. She was also married to Stephan Collins, with whom she had a son, Taylor, in 1989. After a brief marriage to Robert Drew Primrose, she married Doug Smith in 1999.