Elizabeth Hartman
Elizabeth Hartman (1965)
Born	December 23, 1943 Youngstown, Ohio
Died	June 10, 1987 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, a role for which she won a Golden Globe for "Most Promising Female Newcomer" and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Image File history File links Ehartman. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Mahoning Founded 1796 Incorporated 1848 (village) - 1867 (city) Government  - Mayor Jay Williams (I) Area  - City  34. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges, P-Burgh, The Burgh Motto: Benigno Numine Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area    - City 151. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Patch of Blue is an Academy Award winning film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man (played by Sidney Poitier) and a blind white girl (Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... // The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses, working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Early life

Hartman was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where she became known to patrons of the Youngstown Playhouse as "Biff" Hartman.^[1] After gaining valuable experience in community theater, she relocated to New York City. In 1964, Hartman was signed to play the ingenue lead in the Broadway comedy, Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking. Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Mahoning Founded 1796 Incorporated 1848 (village) - 1867 (city) Government  - Mayor Jay Williams (I) Area  - City  34. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

Film career

In 1964, Hartman was screen-tested by MGM and Warner Brothers.^[2] In the early autumn of 1964, she was offered a leading role in A Patch of Blue, opposite Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters. The role won Hartman widespread critical acclaim, a fact proudly noted by the news media in her hometown.^[3] The role also won Hartman an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. At the time of her nomination in 1966, Elizabeth Hartman (who was 22 years old) was the youngest nominee ever in the Best Actress category. MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Warner Bros. ... A Patch of Blue is an Academy Award winning film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man (played by Sidney Poitier) and a blind white girl (Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. ... Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (IPA pronunciation: ) (born February 20, 1927), is an Academy Award-winning Bahamian actor, film director, and activist. ... Winters in Cry of the City (1948) Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

She went on to star in three well-received films, The Group, You're a Big Boy Now and The Beguiled. A role as wife of former Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall (1973) was followed a decade later by integral voice work in 1982's The Secret of NIMH, wherein she voiced mouse-heroine Mrs. Brisby. The Secret of NIMH proved to be Hartman's last film role. The Group can mean The Group (society), formed in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1990s The Group (book) by Mary McCarthy The Group (film) by Sidney Lumet, based on the book The Group (literature), a group of British poets of the late 1950s and early 1960s The Group (theater), a theatrical... Youre a Big Boy Now was a 1966 film with Geraldine Page, Julie Harris and Karen Black, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on a novel by David Benedictus. ... The Beguiled is a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel. ... Walking Tall is a 1973 semi-biopic of the late Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. ... The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. ... The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. ...

Final years

Throughout much of her life, Hartman suffered from depression.^[4] In her later years, her mental health continued to decline and she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be closer to her family and to work on a song that would undoubtedly reinvent her career, titled I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker With Flowers in Her Hair. In 1984, she divorced her husband, screenwriter Gill Dennis, after a five-year separation. In 1987, Hartman fell to her death from a fifth-floor window in Pittsburgh in what was believed to be a suicide.^[4] Hartman's body was returned to her hometown and interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, beneath two maple trees.^[5] Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or sometimes unipolar when compared with bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges, P-Burgh, The Burgh Motto: Benigno Numine Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area    - City 151. ... It has been suggested that The Pros of suicide be merged into this article or section. ...

References

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External links

• IMDb profile
• Elizabeth Hartman's Photo & Gravesite