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Mariette Hartley Recalls Working With Bill Bixby, James Garner and More Throughout Iconic Career


Actress Mariette Hartley shares what it was like to work on The Incredible Hulk, Marnie, Star Trek and more in this exclusive interview with Closer Weekly.

She’s enjoyed a long and varied career, but it was a string of commercials for Polaroid cameras that most endeared TV viewers to Mariette Hartley. Behind the scenes, Mariette has endured personal challenges that began with her upbringing in an emotionally chilly home where physical touch was frowned upon. So when my daughter, Justine, was born, I had someone at Universal make a handmade T-shirt for the baby to wear that said, ‘I am not James Garner’s baby.’ I put it on her, and when Jim saw it I thought he was going to die.”

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