Elizabeth Hartman

Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress of stage and screen. She debuted in the popular 1965 film ''A Patch of Blue'', playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.

She appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's ''You're a Big Boy Now'' as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for a second Golden Globe Award. She also starred in Don Siegel's 1971 film ''The Beguiled'', opposite Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page, and in 1973 film ''Walking Tall''.

As her final film and TV role, Hartman voiced as Mrs. Brisby in Don Bluth's first animated feature, ''The Secret of NIMH'' (1982). However, this proved to be her last Hollywood film and TV role, as well as her only animated role.

On June 10, 1987, Hartman died after jumping from the window of her fifth floor apartment. Earlier that morning, she had reportedly called her psychiatrist saying that she felt despondent. Hartman was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the suburb of her hometown. Provided by Wikipedia