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Mariel Hemingway

 
Actor: Mariel Hemingway
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  • Born: Nov 22, 1961 in Mill Valley, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Falling From Grace, Manhattan, Personal Best
  • First Major Screen Credit: I Want to Keep My Baby (1976)

Biography

A scant three months after her grandfather, author Ernest Hemingway, took his own life with a shotgun, Mariel Hemingway came into the world. By the time Mariel was ready to launch her career, it appeared as though she would remain in the shadow of two famous relatives: her grandfather Ernest, and her older sister, model Margaux Hemingway, who was just about to star in her first feature film, Lipstick (1976). As the publicity hounds sought out Margaux for interviews and photo ops, Mariel quietly took a supporting role in her sister's first starring vehicle. Within a few years, Margaux was out of the movie-star race, but Mariel had only just begun, co-starring as Woody Allen's teenaged lover in Manhattan (1979). Oscar-nominated for her natural, relaxed performance in the Allen picture, Mariel followed this triumph with the chancy role of a lesbian athlete in Personal Best. Thereafter, Mariel couldn't seem to stay out of the headlines: she underwent a well-publicized session of cosmetic surgery and breast enhancement to portray the unfortunate Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten in Star 80, then caused blue-nosed media monitors to have palpitations by appearing in the nude (actually appearing to be appearing in the nude) in an episode of the TV lawyer series Civil Wars. Possessed of a keen business sense, Mariel Hemingway has acted as executive producer of one of her pictures, The Suicide Club, and has also been the owner of a popular New York eating establishment, Sam's Place. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Mariel Hemingway

Hemingway at the Farm Sanctuary Gala, 2006.[clarification needed]
Born Mariel Hadley Hemingway
November 22, 1961 (1961-11-22) (age 48)
Mill Valley, California, United States
Occupation Actress, Businessperson, Writer
Years active since 1976
Spouse(s) Stephen Crisman (since 1984)

Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress, businessperson and writer.

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Early life

Hemingway was born in Mill Valley, California, the third daughter of Byra Louise (née Whittlesey) Hemingway and John 'Jack' Hadley Nicanor Hemingway, a writer.[1] Her sisters are Joan Hemingway (born 1950) and Margaux Louise Hemingway (born 1955). Margaux, who became an actress and model, died of a barbituate overdose in 1996 at age 41.

Her paternal grandfather was writer Ernest Hemingway; She never met her grandfather as he committed suicide several months before she was born.

She was named after the Cuban port of Mariel—a village that her father and grandfather visited regularly as sportsmen to fish. Her middle name was after her paternal grandmother, Ernest's first wife Hadley Richardson.

Hemingway grew up primarily in Ketchum, Idaho, where her father lived, and where her paternal grandfather had also spent a great deal of time as a sportsman and writer. Mariel also spent part of her adolescence growing up in New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California.

Career

Hemingway's first role was with her sister Margaux in the film Lipstick (1976). The movie was not considered especially good, but Mariel did receive notice for the quality of her acting, and she was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for the Golden Globes Award that year.

Hemingway's most famous role was in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979), a romantic comedy in which she plays Allen's high school lover. Only sixteen during filming, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In Personal Best (1982), she played a bisexual athlete in a film noted for some explicit (by mainstream standards) lesbian love scenes. In connection with Personal Best she appeared in a pictorial in the April 1982 issue of Playboy, including the cover.

She starred as Dorothy Stratten in Star 80 (1983), a film about the Playboy model's life and murder. Reports circulated for years that Hemingway had her breasts enlarged to play the role of Stratten, but during a 2007 appearance on the late-night talk and variety show, Fashionably Late with Stacy London, she said she had the surgery before Star 80 came up. Her implants were removed years later after they had ruptured.

Hemingway was also featured in the Golan-Globus's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Lacy Warfield. Her role was expanded upon in newly discovered deleted footage, which was shown in a very rough edit with unfinished visual effects and was released on DVD in November 2006 as a deluxe edition and as part of The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. She also co-starred in the 1991-93 ABC series Civil Wars.

Hemingway has played a lesbian or bisexual woman in several films and television shows, including:

Hemingway, however, is not gay. She has said she formed a "big connection with the gay-and-lesbian community" after Personal Best and enjoys taking roles in "cutting-edge" productions.[2] Hemingway made fun of her reputation for lesbian roles during a 1995 appearance on Saturday Night Live — the weekly late-night sketch comedy and variety show — when she kissed visibly discomfited new female cast members during her opening monologue as host.[3][clarification needed]

Hemingway has a perfume, "Mariel", by [[H2O+]].

She is currently the host of Spiritual Cinema, a monthly television show dedicated to spiritual-based films. She has recently begun hosting a series of yoga practice videos Yoga Now, with guru Rodney Yee.[clarification needed]

Personal life

Hemingway has been married since December 9, 1984, to writer and director Stephen Crisman. They have two daughters: Dree (born 1987) and Langley (born 1989).

Bibliography

Mariel Hemingway is the author of:

  • Hemingway, Mariel. Finding My Balance: A Memoir (1st ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743238079. 
  • Hemingway, Mariel. Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life (1st ed.). HarperOne. ISBN 978-0060890391. 

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References

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  1. ^ Mariel Hemingway Biography (1961-)
  2. ^ MacDonald, Jay (May 1, 2007). "Fame & Fortune: Mariel Hemingway". Bankrate. Accessed August 27, 2009.
  3. ^ (Undated). Season 21: Episode 1: "Mariel Hemingway's Monologue". from snltranscripts.jt.org (with disclaimer: "SNL Transcripts is not affiliated with Saturday Night Live or NBC". Accessed August 27, 2009.

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