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Joan Darling  Television Director, Writer

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Joan Darling

Seventh Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles, 1990

Director Joan Darling and actor Louise Lasser (who played the role of Mary Hartman) reflect on their artistic collaboration in this excerpt from a reunion of the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman cast and creative team.
 

Career Includes

Actor, Member of the improvisational group the Premise (1960–1964), Roles in Off-Broadway plays and feature films, including The Troublemaker (1964) and The President’s Analyst (1967); Writer, The Dick Van Dyke Show: “Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home Sweet Home” (1965); Actor, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–74) and guest star on television programs, including Marcus Welby, M.D. and The Psychiatrist; Director, The Mary Tyler Moore Show: “Chuckles Bites the Dust” (1975), Doc: “Get Me to the Church” (1975), Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), M*A*S*H: “The Nurses” (1976), Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), Taxi: “Nina Loves Alex” (1982), A.K.A. Pablo (1984), ABC Afterschool Special: Mom’s On Strike (1984), Amazing Stories: “The Sitter” (1986), and many other programs; Director, the feature film First Love (1977); Acting Teacher, UCLA, USC, American Film Institute, Sundance Institute, and University of North Carolina
 

Education

Attended Brookline High School, Carnegie Tech (drama school), and the University of Texas
 

Born

April 14, 1935
Boston, Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 


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