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Elizabeth Hartman

Elizabeth Hartman
Elizabeth Hartman
Born: Dec 23, 1943 in Youngstown, Ohio
Died: Jun 10, 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actor
Active: '60s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Secret of NIMH, The Fixer, Walking Tall
First Major Screen Credit: A Patch of Blue (1965)
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Biography:

Fresh from Broadway, Elizabeth Hartman made a stunningly brilliant screen debut as the blind, embittered young heroine of A Patch of Blue (1965). This maiden movie effort won Hartman an Oscar nomination -- and at the same time typed her in high-strung, sensitive roles. She continued impressing the critics with choice assignments in The Group (1966) and You're a Big Boy Now (1968), but by 1971 her once-promising career was in the doldrums.

There was a chance for a comeback in the box-office smash Walking Tall (1973), but Hartman's character, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser (Joe Don Baker), was little more than a plot gimmick; she is killed off before the film is two-thirds over, prompting Pusser's final, violent vengeance spree.

Hartman also provided a voice for the Don Bluth cartoon feature The Secret of Nimh (1982), Elizabeth Hartman was killed in a fall from her apartment window in 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.