Marian Ethel Mercer (November 26, 1935 – April 27, 2011) was an actress and singer. Marian made a guest appearance on The Golden Girls as Magda Yitchinson, Stanley's Czechoslovakian cousin who visits Dorothy and the girls in the Season 5 episode "Sisters and Other Strangers". She also appeared in the recurring role of Ursula Dietz in three episodes of Empty Nest, "The Unimportance of Being Charley" in Season 4, "My Mother, My Self" in Season 5, and "Love a la Mode" in Season 6.