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,
Frank S. Fox Among his various degrees he held a B.S., M.A., and a Ph.D. He also taught in the Ohio public schools and was the editor of "The Reader and Speaker" magazine. He was married to Beatrice Armstrong and had five children; three sons, W. Wallace, Robert and Frank, and two daughters, Pauline, and Louise. Louise taught for the Junior High School in Ashland, Ohio. Frank S. Fox Frank S. Fox (1861–1920) was an American academic and college president, a noted public speaker, and an educator. He was a popular lecturer who was in great demand. He founded the Capitol College of