Mariette Hartley Add to My Celebs Age 71 Birthday Jun. 21st, 1940 Born in Weston, Connecticut, USA Height 5' 10

Mariette Hartley's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dirt Dorothy Spi… The Oregon Trail Susan Goodnight, Beantown Jennifer Ba… He & She Dorothy Kingston: Confidential Kathleen Mo… To Have & To Hold Ellen Cornell

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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