When a tall, aging, shiksa icon meets a short Jewish “leprechaun” in a bird store … what are the chances?
Mariette Hartley has been acting for over 60 years. She was nominated for five Emmys and won for “The Incredible Hulk”. In addition, she has won 3 Clios, done Broadway, toured, shot hundreds of TV series, appeared in films like “Ride the High Country” and “1969” and who can forget those Polaroid commercials?
Unfortunately, “the business” being “the business”, Mariette finds herself having to audition for people who have no idea of who she was (or is). And then she faced ageism: a tendency to regard older persons unworthy of attention or unsuitable for employment.
A friend suggests Mariette should have a significant other in her life and pressures her to tackle the dreaded online dating sites.
Meanwhile, the “leprechaun” had a thriving voice-over career in New York, so naturally he moved to L.A. to do TV and film and hasn’t worked since.
How they meet, how he wins her, loses her, and wins her, sounds like a familiar story, but with Peter MacNicol, Tess Harper, Morgan Fairchild, Bernie Kopell, Jack McGee, Peter Onorati, John Rubenstein, Mindy Sterling, Sam McMurray and Stu Pankin … it isn’t.
Join us as we honor our festival Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, actress and activist Mariette Hartley, who will be in Sedona with her husband and co-star Jerry Sroka.