The tall, striking granddaughter of celebrated writer Ernest Hemingway, this actress' performance as Woody Allen's high school-age girlfriend in "Manhattan" (1979) earned her an Oscar nomination. Hemingway made her feature debut with her older sister Margot (formerly Margaux) in the controversial rape drama "Lipstick" (1976). She starred as a lesbian pentathlete in "Personal Best" (1982) and as murdered Playboy model and actress Dorothy Stratten in Bob Fosse's "Star 80" (1983). Hemingway then treaded water in a string of less than successful features including "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987), Blake Edward's "Sunset" (1988), Tom Mankiewicz's "Delirious" (1991) and John Mellencamp's "Falling from Grace" (1992).
Hemingway's small screen appearances have garnered respectable attention. Besides several well received TV-movies (as an unwed mother in her debut "I Want to Keep My Baby" 1977, and as an Israeli-trained fighter pilot in "Steel the Sky" 1988) and a miniseries ("Amerika" 1987), she played sexy divorce lawyer Sydney Guilford, a regular role on the intelligent courtroom drama series "Civil Wars" (1991-93). In 1995, she returned to series TV, headlining the CBS sudser "Central Park West" as naive magazine editor Stephanie Wells, coping with her writer-husband's ambitions and a less-than-supportive staff. Dissatisfied with the development of the character, Hemingway opted to leave the series after the first thirteen episodes.
- Also Credited As:
Mariel H. Hemingway, Mariel Hadley Hemingway
- Born:
Mariel Hadley Hemingway on November 22, 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA
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Job Titles:
Actor, Producer, Restaurant owner, Yoga studio operator
Family
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Daughter: Dree Hemingway. Born Dec. 4, 1987; father, Stephen Crisman; trained in classical Shakespearean acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London
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Daughter: Langley Fox Crisman. Born in August 1989; father, Stephen Crisman
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Father: John Hadley Hemingway. Died at age 76 in 2000 of complications following heart surgery
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Grandfather: Ernest Hemingway.
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Mother: Byra Louise Hemingway. Died in 1989 of cancer
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Sister: Joan Hemingway. Older
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Sister: Margaux Hemingway. Born Feb. 16, 1955; acted with sister in Lipstick (1976); found dead of an overdose in her Santa Monica apartment on July 1, 1996
Milestones
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1976 Made film debut at age 14, opposite her sister Margaux in Lipstick
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1977 TV-movie debut, I Want to Keep My Baby (CBS)
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1979 Received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination as Woody Allen s teenage love interest in Manhattan
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1982 Played a bisexual athlete in Robert Towne s Personal Best
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1983 Portrayed slain Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten in Bob Fosse s Star 80
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1985 First Off-Broadway play at the Manhattan Theatre Club in California Dog Fight
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1985 Made stage debut in the Dallas production of The Palace of Amateurs
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1986 Became owner/secretary for Clear Water Pictures
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1987 Had featured role in the ABC miniseries Amerika
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1991 Cast as divorce lawyer Sydney Guilford in the ABC drama, Civil Wars
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1991 Became spokewoman for John Paul Mitchell Systems hair products
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1991 Displayed her comic talents opposite John Candy in Delirious
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1994 Made a guest appearance on an episode of ABC s Roseanne playing a lesbian
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1995 Played a series regular on the short-lived CBS drama, Central Park West
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1997 Re-teamed with Woody Allen for a small role in Deconstructing Harry
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1999 Played a woman who is encouraged by her husband (Mike Binder) to have a threesome in Sex Monster ; Binder also wrote and directed
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2000 Had a pivotal role in Rod Lurie s The Contender
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2001 Re-teamed with Mike Binder to star in the comedy Londinium
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2005 Portrayed Maria Shriver in A&E s biopic on Arnold Schwarzenegger, See Arnold Run
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2006 Starred as a Secret Service agent, opposite David Keith in In Her Line of Fire
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Born three months after her grandfather, writer Ernest Hemingway committed suicide
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Moved with family to Ketchum, ID when she was four