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Subject: Actress Ena Hartman 1932-2025 Author: jlp [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 06/ 2/25 8:18:59am R.I.P the gorgeous Ena Hartman, who died on April 16, 2025, in Van Nuys, California. She was 93. From the moment she arrived on the scene during the early 1960s, she created a path for other African Americans in film, stage, and television to follow. • Born on April 1, 1932, in Moscow (Jefferson County), the daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents. Aged 13, she moved to Buffalo, New York, to live with her mother. She dropped out of high school to open a restaurant, handling the duties of cook and waitress as she tried to earn money to go to New York City to become a model. • She was eventually discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her. She soon landed other modelling jobs, and she studied drama with Josh Shelley and Lloyd Richards. • In the early 1960s, NBC television sponsored a talent competition for young actors and actresses, and her talents were brought to the attention of the vice president of talent relations for NBC who put her under contract. Ena became the first African American to have such a contract with a major television network and also the first Black woman to sign a contract with NBC. • Her roles were small at first, as she appeared in the series “Bonanza”, and “The Jean Arthur Show”, before landing meatier parts in “Tarzan”, “Ironside”, “It Takes a Thief”; and in the telefilm “Prescription Murder” (1968), which starred Peter Falk in his initial outing as Columbo. • On film, she assisted Lee J. Cobb’s character in the spy spoof “Our Man Flint” (1966), starring James Coburn; played a party guest in “Games” (1967), starring James Caan, Simone Signoret and Katharine Ross; and was a flight attendant in the box-office hit “Airport” (1970). • In 1970, Ena became a regular as police dispatcher Katy Grant for two seasons on the TV-series “Dan August” (1970–1971), starring Burt Reynolds (pictured here). After the series ended, she played Carmen Simms in the thriller “Terminal Island” (1973), with Don Marshall and Tom Selleck. • Ena Hartman retired from acting during the late 1970s. She is survived by her son, Douglas, daughter-in-law, Kimberly, and their family • •https://www.instagram.com/p/DKZca4WNDtF/ t [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date CONFIRMED: 'Dan August' and 'Terminal Island' actress dead at 93 StanZbornak 06/ 2/25 11:02:31am