Actor info
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Name :
Elizabeth Hartman
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Born :
December 23, 1943 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA (43 years at death)
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Died :
June 10, 1987
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
12 films (1965–1982)
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Also known as :
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (birth name)
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Biography
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 Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The next year, she appeared in You're a Big Boy Now as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elizabeth Hartman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) as Mrs. Brisby (voice)
- Walking Tall (1973) as Pauline
- The Beguiled (1971) as Edwina
- The Group (1966) as Priss
- A Patch of Blue (1965) as Selina D'Arcey
