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Mary Elizabeth Hartman was an American actress of the stage and screen. She is best known for her debut 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 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award. The next year, she appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for a second Golden Globe Award. Hartman also starred opposite Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page in Don Siegel's The Beguiled, and the 1973 box office smash and cult favorite Walking Tall. On stage, Hartman was best known for her interpretations of Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, and Emily Webb in the Broadway production of Our Town.
Birth Name
Mary Elizabeth Hartman
Born
Thursday, 23 December 1943
Died
Wednesday, 10 June 1987
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Standby: Lights! Camera! Action! | Mrs. Brisby | 1982 |
The Secret of NIMH | Mrs. Brisby (voice) / Mrs. Brisby | 1982 |
Full Moon High | Miss Montgomery | 1981 |
Doctors' Hospital | Bobbie Marks | 1975 |
Walking Tall | Pauline Pusser / Pauline | 1973 |
The Wide World of Mystery | Camilla | 1973 |
The Beguiled | Edwina | 1971 |
Night Gallery | Judith Timm (segment "The Dark Boy") | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Wilma More (segment "Love and the Locksmith") | 1969 |
The Fixer | Zinaida | 1968 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Standby: Lights! Camera! Action! | Mrs. Brisby | 1982 |
The Secret of NIMH | Mrs. Brisby (voice) / Mrs. Brisby | 1982 |
Full Moon High | Miss Montgomery | 1981 |
Doctors' Hospital | Bobbie Marks | 1975 |
Walking Tall | Pauline Pusser / Pauline | 1973 |
The Wide World of Mystery | Camilla | 1973 |
The Beguiled | Edwina | 1971 |
Night Gallery | Judith Timm (segment "The Dark Boy") | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Wilma More (segment "Love and the Locksmith") | 1969 |
The Fixer | Zinaida | 1968 |
You're a Big Boy Now | Barbara Darling | 1966 |
The Group | Priss | 1966 |
A Patch of Blue | Selina D'Arcey | 1965 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1967 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1966 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |