Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Mariette Hartley reads to me like a quintessential working actor's actor. The credits I keep coming back to are remarkable: Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country, Hitchcock's Marnie, and Sturges' Marooned, all before she'd really become a household name. That she later won a Primetime Emmy in 1979 and earned a Hollywood Walk of Fame star tells me the industry recognized her range across film and television. With Carnegie Mellon training behind her, I get the sense of someone whose career was about craft and longevity rather than chasing the spotlight, and I respect that quiet durability.
Overview
Mary Loretta Hartley (born June 21, 1940) 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mariette Hartley
- Name (Japanese)
- マリエット・ハートレイ
- Reading
- まりえっと・はーとれい
- Born
- June 21, 1940 (age 85)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Weston, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 1979 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.