Bearse was a student of acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse under instructor Sanford Meisner. Her first success was with the character of Amanda Cousins on the soap drama All My Children from 1982 until 1983. During and after that time she was featured in a variety of B-movies and independent films which included Protocol (1984), Fright Night and Fraternity Vacation (both 1985). In 1987 she was cast as the character of Marcy Rhoades (later Marcy Daly) on the hit sitcom on Fox, Married... with Children. The show lasted until 1997. In the late 1990s, Bearse also appeared in the films The Doom Generation and Here Come the Munsters. Bearse began her television career by being on Married...with Children, and from 1991 to 1997, she directed 31 episodes on the show. She also directed episodes of Reba, Mad TV, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, Malcolm & Eddie, Pauly, The Tom Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, Dharma & Greg, the Veronica's Closet Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Jesse (1999; starring the Married...with Children costar Christina Applegate), Jessie (2011) and Ladies Man. In 2005 she directed The Sperm Donor, a pilot for NBC starring Maggie Wheeler. In 2006, Bearse teamed with Rosie O'Donnell to produce The Big Gay Sketch Show that debuted on Logo on April 24 in 2007.
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