Bartlett and husband William Daniels made Emmy Awards history in 1986 when they became just the second real-life married couple to win acting awards on the same night. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne first accomplished the feat in 1965. Bartlett and Daniels won for their portrayals of Dr. Mark and Mrs. Ellen Craig on the TV series "St. Elsewhere". They later acted together again when she played a college dean who employed her husband's character, in a season of Daniels's ABC series "Boy Meets World", and their characters later married.