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,
It Was Him or Us comes to your kids, you have to do what you have to do". She then returns to her children and granddaughter, and the film ends. It Was Him or Us It Was Him or Us, a.k.a. "Love and Terror", is an American made for television film which aired on CBS in 1995. It stars Richard Grieco, Ann Jillian, Monique Lanier, and Richard Masur. One night in a small town, Peggy Wilson, and her daughter, Carrie, get up and leave Peggy's abusive husband, and Carrie's father, Buddy. As they try to leave, Buddy comes to the pickup begging Peggy to forgive