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Mariette Hartley

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Age
71
Birthday
Jun. 21st, 1940
Born in
Weston, Connecticut, USA
Height
5' 10

Mariette Hartley's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Dirt TV Show
Dirt
The Oregon Trail TV Show
The Oregon Trail
Goodnight, Beantown TV Show
Goodnight, Beantown
He & She TV Show
He & She
Kingston: Confidential TV Show
Kingston: Confidential
To Have & To Hold TV Show
To Have & To Hold
 

Main Movie Roles

1992 - Encino Man
1988 - 1969
1972 - The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1971 - The Return of Count Yorga
1970 - Barquero
1969 - Marooned
1964 - Marnie
1962 - Ride the High Country

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Mariette Hartley was born Mary Loretta, a name she dislikes, in Weston, Connecticut. She was raised in accordance with the principles espoused by her behavorial psychologist grandfather, John B. Watson, who believed that children should never be held or cuddled. She says that the lack of warmth at home is what drove her to the theatre. She studied with John Houseman (I) at the Repertory Stratford and with Eva Le Gallienne at Lucille Lortel's White Barn Theatre. It took her six years to get her first movie, Ride the High Country (1962) with Joel McCrea. She then made a series of TV appearances and sitcoms. Ultimately, she appeared with co-host Bill Beutel on "A.M. America", the the predecessor to ABC's "Good Morning America" (1975). She is most known, however, for her series of Polaroid commercials with James Garner. Mariette's father committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot in 1962. Her family kept it a secret for 25 years, but she eventually revealed the incident. This brought her considerable acclaim for speaking out about her devastation. She co-founded a suicide prevention foundation based her own past situation. She continues to work in the theatre and, in 2000, was hosting the syndicated "Wild About Animals" (1995). Her children, Justine E. Boyriven (b. 1978) is an actress and singer, and Sean Boyriven (b. 1975) is a film-school graduate.


TRIVIA:
  • Former actress-turned-nun 'Dolores Hart' (qv) is Mariette's spiritual advisor, and by happenstance gave Mariette the inspired title of her one-woman show, "If You Get to Bethlehem, You've Gone Too Far." It seems those are the driving directions Sister Dolores gives when describing how to get to her convent in Woodbury, Connecticut.
  • Won an Emmy Award for her role in the memorable 1978 TV movie _"The Incredible Hulk" (1978) {Married (#2.1)}_ (qv) which co-starred the late 'Bill Bixby (I)' (qv). Hartley and Bixby worked together on the pilot episode for _"Diagnosis Murder" (1993)_ (qv) and the television series _"Goodnight, Beantown" (1983)_ (qv).
  • National spokesperson for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and works assertively with many organizations that deal with mental illness. Her father, uncle and cousin all committed suicide.
  • Was the spokesperson for Eddie Z's blinds and drapery commercials in the mid to late 90s
  • Along with her adult son, was spokesperson for the See Clearly Method (a VHS/DVD tutorial by Vision Improvement Technologies to naturally correct impaired vision) in 2003.
  • Educated at Carnegie Tech
  • Rose in celebrity with her notable Polaroid commercial run with 'James Garner' (qv) starting in 1977. She and Garner were so naturally convincing as husband and wife that Mariette had a tee-shirt that proclaimed, "I am not James Garner's wife!" More than 300 commercials were produced.
  • She is the grand-daughter of psychologist John Broadus Watson

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