Mariette Hartley

American actress (born 1940)
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Mary Loretta Hartley is an American film and television actress. She is possibly best known for her roles in film as Elsa Knudsen in Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962), Susan Clabon in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), and Betty Lloyd in John Sturges' Marooned (1969). She has appeared extensively on television, with notable roles as Claire Morton in the ABC soap opera Peyton Place (1965), various roles in the CBS television Western drama series Gunsmoke, and a series of commercials with James Garner in the 1970s and 1980s.

Hartley was born in Weston, Connecticut on June 21, 1940, the daughter of Mary "Polly" Ickes (née Watson), a manager and saleswoman, and Paul Hembree Hartley, an account executive. Her maternal grandfather was John B. Watson, an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. She grew up in Weston, Connecticut, an affluent Fairfield County suburb within commuting distance to Manhattan.

She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1965.

Date of Birth21st June 1940
Age84 Years
Zodiac SignCancer
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityWeston
Birth PlaceWeston
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Occupationactor, television actor, film actor
Awards
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Actresses from United States of America born in 1940