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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Do my floors have a waxy yellow buildup?

19767.12 Seasons325 EpisodesEnded

Overview

In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.

Created by Tom Eyen
Written by Tom Eyen, Peggy Goldman, Jerry Adelman
Produced by Norman Lear
NetworksSyndication

Top Cast

Louise Lasser

Louise Lasser

Mary Hartman

Greg Mullavey

Greg Mullavey

Tom Hartman

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Loretta Haggers

Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

Charlie Haggers

Dody Goodman

Dody Goodman

Martha Larkin Shumway

Debralee Scott

Debralee Scott

Cathy Shumway

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Raymond Larkin

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Merle Jeeter

Claudia Lamb

Claudia Lamb

Heather Hartman

Marian Mercer

Marian Mercer

Wanda Rittenhouse / Wanda Jeeter

Themes & Keywords

housewifesatire

About Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is a drama, soap, comedy series that first aired in 1976 exploring themes of housewife, satire. Created by Tom Eyen, it stars Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place. In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.

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