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Elizabeth Hartman
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Actor Born: December 23, 1943 in Youngstown, OH Death: June 10, 1987 in Pittsburgh, PA Biography:Fresh from Broadway, "Elizabeth Hartman" made a stunningly brilliant screen debut as the blind, embittered young heroine of "A Patch of Blue" (1965). This maiden movie effort won Hartman an Oscar nomination -- and at the same time typed her in high-strung, sensitive roles. She continued impressing the critics with choice assignments in "The Group" (1966) and "You're a Big Boy Now" (1968), but by 1971 her once-promising career was in the doldrums. There was a chance for a comeback in the box-office smash "Walking Tall" (1973), but Hartman's character, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser ("Joe Don Baker"), was little more than a plot gimmick; she is killed off before the film is two-thirds over, prompting Pusser's final, violent vengeance spree. Hartman also provided a voice for the "Don Bluth" cartoon feature "The Secret of Nimh" (1982), "Elizabeth Hartman" was killed in a fall from her apartment window... Full Biography
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