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Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress. She was best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best…
Known for
- The Secret of NIMH — Mrs. Brisby (voice)1982
- Full Moon High — Miss Montgomery1981
- Doctors' Hospital1975
- Walking Tall — Pauline1973
- A Little Bit Like Murder — Camilla1973
- In Pursuit of Treasure1972
- The Beguiled — Edwina1971
- Night Gallery1970
- Love, American Style — Wilma More (uncredited)1969
- The Fixer — Zinaida1968
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Key facts
- Born
- Mary Elizabeth Hartman , ( 1943-12-23 ) December 23, 1943, Youngstown, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- June 10, 1987 (1987-06-10) (aged 43), Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1964–1982
- Spouse
- Gill Dennis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1984 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Family name
- Hartman
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Youngstown
- Place of death
- Pittsburgh
- Spouse
- Gill Dennis
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Elizabeth Hartman (1966 photo).jpg
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- Art+Feminism
- date of birth
- 1943-12-23
- date of death
- 1987-06-10
- cause of death
- falling
- manner of death
- Suicide
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Commons category
- Elizabeth Hartman
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- end of work period
- 1982-00-00
- name in native language
- Elizabeth Hartman
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress of stage and screen. She debuted in the popular film A Patch of Blue (1965), playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.
She appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966) as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for a second Golden Globe Award. She also starred in Don Siegel's film The Beguiled (1971), opposite Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page, and in the film Walking Tall (1973).
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