Marla Jeannette Rubinoff was born in the Midwest and moved to California as a baby in the late 1960s. Her father, Dr. Malcolm Rubinoff, and her mother had three children. Marla has two sisters Tammy and Danita Rubinoff. Her parents divorced when she was 8 years old and both remarried. Dr. Rubinoff married Ginny and had a son named Charles Rubinoff. Marla's great uncle is the famous violin player Dave Rubinoff. Further, Marla is the second cousin of 'Mike Fleiss' , the creator of "The Bachelor" (2002). Marla got her BA from UCLA and MA from Pepperdine University. Marla loves to perform and had her first series by 1984 called Down to Earth (1984). Her parents were happy for her but stressed the need for higher education. While she was starring on a 'David Lynch' series called "On the Air" (1992) she was also signed to be a co-star on "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" (1991). At the same time, she continued on to Graduate School to complete her MA in Clinical Psychology and got her MFT license in October 2002. Marla married Duane French on October 19, 2001 and had her first baby, Amber Skye French, in 2003. Marla had a second baby in 2006, Summer Rain French. Besides frequent radio appearances as a Marriage and Family therapist, she continues to pursue acting and plays Show less «