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MARIETTE HARTLEY IS 73 TODAY

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Mariette Hartley as seen in an original series Star Trek episode

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Mary Loretta “Mariette” Hartley

Hartley is a well known character actress who began her career in her
teens as a stage actress. Her film career began with Ride the High
Country
(1962), She first appeared on television in a CBS episode
of Gunsmoke in 1962.

 

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Dennis Weaver and Mariette Hartley from Gunsmoke


Polaroid commercial with James Garner and Mariette Hartley, 1981

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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DATE IN 1955

LIFE JUNE   20

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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REMEMBERING RICHARD BOONE

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  Richard Allen Boone
(June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981)

Actor Richard Boone starred in over 50 films and was notable for his
roles in Westerns and for starring in the CBS television series Have
Gun Will Travel
(1957-1963). Boone was in the U.S. Navy during
World War II. He used the G.I. Bill to study acting after the war.  

 

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On NBC-TV, 1954 to 1956

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HELEN HUNT IS 50 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Helen Elizabeth Hunt

Hunt began working as a child actress in the 1970s. Her early
roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter‘s daughter
on The Mary Tyler Moore Show on CBS (1970-1977). She also 
starred in the NBC sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years
before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good
as It Gets
for which she won the Academy Award  for Best
Actress
. She made her directorial debut in 2007 with Then
She Found Me
.



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