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Marie-Marseille-Adéle "Marcelle" Tascher de la Pagerie née Clary (1792-1866) was a French countess. She served as överhovmästarinna for her paternal aunt, the Swedish Queen Désirée Clary.
She was the daughter of Etienne-Francois Clary (1757-1823) and Catherine-Marguerite-Marseille Guey (d. 1804) and married the cousin of Empress Josephine de Beauharnais, count Henri de Tascher de la Pagerie (d. 1816). She accompanied her paternal aunt to Sweden, when Désirée went there to assume her post as Queen, and though most of the Queen's court was Swedish, it was to be headed by Marcelle Tascher de la Pagerie the first years. She was the favorite and foremost companion of her aunt, whose favorite conversation was to talk about her life in France and had Tascher de la Pagerie who could remember it. After she had left, Désirée reportedly felt lonely and isolated; the queen then started to spend more time with the silk merchant Carl Abraham Arfwedson (brother of Charlotta Arfwedson), who had lived in her home during her upbringing and with whom she liked to talk with of France, a friendship which caused rumors that they had once had a romance.