Louise Lasser for starring as the neurotic, unhappy housewife Mary Hartman in the serialized satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" appearing on the covers of "Newsweek", "People", and "Rolling Stone" during the run of the show. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" aired five nights a week for two seasons from 1976-1977. In his autobiography, producer Norman Lear says that the casting of Lasser took less than a minute after Charles H. Joffe told him there was only one actress to play the part of Mary Hartman and Lear met the former Mrs. Woody Allen. Lasser refused the role at first. Of the casting process,
Lily Alone An elderly couple who were teachers before they retired, Arnie was a History teacher and Elizabeth was a PE teacher. When Lily and her siblings were in the park Arnie offered them Polos and walked with them to the park gates before Lily claimed to have seen her mother and ran away with the younger children. Jenny and Jan: Friends with Lily's mum. They used to work with Lily's mum in a canteen. She met up with them when she went clubbing when she left Lily alone to look after her brother and sisters. It is Jenny who 'sold' her