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Years active
  
1951–1983

Name
  
Martine Bartlett

Role
  
Actress


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Born
  
April 24, 1925 (
1925-04-24
)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Occupation
  
Film, stage, television actress

Died
  
April 5, 2006, Tempe, Arizona, United States

Siblings
  
Mary Jane Bartlett, George Daniel Bartlett, Jr

Parents
  
George Daniel Bartlett, Martine Fons

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress

Movies and TV shows
  
Sybil, Splendor in the Grass, No Way to Treat a Lady, I Never Promised You a Ro, Aloha - Bobby and Rose

Similar People
  
Daniel Petrie, Jack Smight, Anthony Page, Floyd Mutrux, Elia Kazan

MARTINE BARTLETT TRIBUTE


Martine Bartlett (April 24, 1925 – April 5, 2006) was an American actress. A life member of The Actors Studio, Bartlett is best-remembered, albeit not by name, for her chilling performance as Hattie Dorsett, the seriously disturbed, abusive mother of Sally Field's title character in Sybil.

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Family/education

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the middle child of three siblings born to George Daniel Bartlett (1894–1971) and his wife Martine (née Fons 1895–1983). George Bartlett was an attorney. Martine graduated from the John Burroughs School and Washington University.

Career

She was active onstage with the former St. Louis Community Playhouse, Rooftop Players and the old Empress Theater. She received her master's degree at the Graduate Drama School at Yale. Her debut on Broadway was as a townsperson in The Devil's Disciple (1950). She was part of the ensemble cast in Saint Joan (1951), starring Uta Hagen.

Her first television appearance was in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents titled "The Man Who Vanished" (1956). Her other appearances include episodes on The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, The Virginian, Kojak, Cannon, Mission: Impossible, and Quincy, M.E. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her performance as Miranda in an episode of the series Arrest and Trial ("Journey Into Darkness", 1963).

She returned to Broadway in 1957 and played the role as Loreena Lovejoy in Carson McCullers' The Square Root of Wonderful, starring Anne Baxter. Bartlett appeared as the kindly Aunt Nonnie in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth (1959).

Her motion picture debut was as the English teacher Miss Metcalf in Splendor in the Grass (1961), starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Other films in which she appeared include The Prize (1963) and Lord Love a Duck (1966). She played Alma Mulloy, the first victim of Rod Steiger's serial killer in No Way to Treat a Lady (1968). She played the delusional prostitute Sadie in Fuzz (1972); played Raquel Welch's mother (and Jodie Foster's grandmother) in Kansas City Bomber (1972); and appeared in Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975).

Bartlett portrayed the "Secret Wife", a self-abusing mental patient, in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). In the NBC miniseries Sybil (1976), Bartlett played Hattie Dorsett, Sybil's psychotic mother who appears in flashbacks abusing and tormenting a very young Sybil (played by Natasha Ryan), garnering acclaim for her performance. She made her last known appearance in an episode of the television series Remington Steele (1983).

Death

Martine Bartlett died at age 80 of kidney disease in Tempe, Arizona. She apparently never married or had children.

Filmography

Actress
1983
Remington Steele (TV Series) as
Millicent
- Steele Flying High (1983) - Millicent
1982
Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as
Sobriety Group Member
- Dying for a Drink (1982) - Sobriety Group Member
1981
Sizzle (TV Movie) as
Freda
1980
Hagen (TV Series) as
Alice
- More Deadly Poison (1980) - Alice
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as
Secret Wife
1976
Sybil (TV Mini Series) as
Hattie
- Episode #1.2 (1976) - Hattie
- Episode #1.1 (1976) - Hattie
1973
Cannon (TV Series) as
Madge Cleary / Maybelle Tweedy / Hanna Freel
- The House of Cards (1976) - Madge Cleary
- The Conspirators (1975) - Maybelle Tweedy
- He Who Digs a Grave (1973) - Hanna Freel
1975
Kojak (TV Series) as
Margaret McCune
- A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves (1975) - Margaret McCune
1975
Aloha Bobby and Rose as
Rose's Mother
1975
Lincoln (TV Mini Series) as
Kitty Cavan
- Prairie Lawyer (1975) - Kitty Cavan
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (TV Movie) as
Bea Sutton
1974
The Manhunter (TV Series) as
Mady Gordon
- The Lodester Ambush (1974) - Mady Gordon
1974
Toma (TV Series) as
Mrs. Beecher
- Friends of Danny Beecher (1974) - Mrs. Beecher
1973
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) as
Mary Gregson
- Sometimes Tough Is Good (1973) - Mary Gregson
1972
The Sixth Sense (TV Series) as
Carrie
- Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972) - Carrie
1972
Kansas City Bomber as
Mrs. Carr
1972
Fuzz as
Sadie
1971
Big Fish, Little Fish (TV Movie) as
Edith Maitland
1970
The Immortal (TV Series) as
Mrs. Adkins
- The Return (1970) - Mrs. Adkins
1970
Medical Center (TV Series) as
Stella Hibbs
- Fright and Flight (1970) - Stella Hibbs
1970
Mod Squad (TV Series) as
Mrs. Farrell
- Sweet Child of Terror (1970) - Mrs. Farrell
1969
Then Came Bronson (TV Series) as
Nora Halvorsen
- The Old Motorcycle Fiasco (1969) - Nora Halvorsen
1968
No Way to Treat a Lady as
Alma Mulloy
1968
The Felony Squad (TV Series) as
Leona Corbett
- The Love Victim (1968) - Leona Corbett
1967
Judd for the Defense (TV Series) as
Grace Garrison
- Death from a Flower Girl (1967) - Grace Garrison
1967
CBS Playhouse (TV Series) as
Margaret
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) - Margaret
1966
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Ariana Domi
- Zubrovnik's Ghost (1966) - Ariana Domi
1966
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Margaret McKinley
- One Spring Like Long Ago (1966) - Margaret McKinley
1966
Lord Love a Duck as
Inez
1965
The Big Valley (TV Series) as
Cinda
- The Guilt of Matt Bentell (1965) - Cinda
1965
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) as
Caroline Webster
- Daniel Webster (1965) - Caroline Webster
1964
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) as
Ina Denholt
- The Color of Sunset (1964) - Ina Denholt
1964
The Fugitive (TV Series) as
Streetwalker
- The End Game (1964) - Streetwalker
1964
The Lieutenant (TV Series) as
Stella Bonney
- In the Highest Tradition (1964) - Stella Bonney
1964
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Miss Finch
- Night Call (1964) - Miss Finch
1963
The Prize as
Saralee Garrett
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) as
Miranda LeDoux
- Journey into Darkness (1963) - Miranda LeDoux
1963
Breaking Point (TV Series) as
Miss Newly
- And James Was a Very Small Snail (1963) - Miss Newly
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Mrs. Bergen / Flossie
- Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (1963) - Mrs. Bergen
- The Star Juror (1963) - Flossie
1963
Ben Jerrod (TV Series) as
Lil Morrison
- Episode dated 17 June 1963 (1963) - Lil Morrison
1963
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Mrs. Goodwin
- The Sleeping Princess (1963) - Mrs. Goodwin
1961
Splendor in the Grass as
Miss Metcalf
1961
Naked City (TV Series) as
Receptionist
- A Memory of Crying (1961) - Receptionist
1958
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Miss Fraser
- One Red Rose for Christmas (1958) - Miss Fraser
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
- The Man Who Vanished (1956)
1954
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as
Mrs. Elton
- Emma (1954) - Mrs. Elton
1954
Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)
- Suitable for Framing (1954)
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- Routine Assignment (1951)
Writer
1954
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) (dramatization - 1 episode)
- Emma (1954) - (dramatization)

References

Martine Bartlett Wikipedia


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