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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Elizabeth Hartman
Labelleloba — 19 years ago(March 21, 2007 11:56 AM)
From winning ab68 Golden Globe(and an Oscar nom),and having the world at your feet to having to collect welfare checksthats enough to make anyone crack. I highly doubt that her financial situation was the only reason she did what she did,but I also read that she tried to find work outside of acting,and couldn't even get that.Frankly, I don't blame her. What a waste of talent.She could have gone far if she had been given a chance.
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rudeboy8080 — 18 years ago(June 06, 2007 11:28 PM)
When I found5b4 out that Hartman commited suicide in 1987, I started crying for some reason. It's strangeI didn't even know her personally. She played a very sympathetic blind girl(raised by a crass, vulgar mother and an alky grandfather) in 'A Patch of blue'. She also portrayed Buford T. Pusser's wife in 'Walking Tall'. It would've been nice if she had grown old, had grandchildren, and died from natural causes in a nice, warm, comfortable bed. I guess despair and depression got to her first. She's gone, but not forgotten.