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Mariette Hartley
Age: 69
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Weston, Connecticut, USA
Born: Jun. 21st, 1940
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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:
- 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.
- Mariette was not allowed to show her belly button in 'Gene Roddenberry' (qv)'s _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) episode "All Our Yesterdays" (1969) due to censors. But Gene got even: he had Mariette show TWO belly buttons in _Genesis II (1973) (TV)_ (qv).
- She is the grand-daughter of psychologist John Broadus Watson
- Was the spokesperson for Eddie Z's blinds and drapery commercials in the mid to late 90s
- Was the head of her high school drama department.
- 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.
- Is the grand niece of FDR's famous Secretary of the Interior, 'Harold L. Ickes' (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.
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