Mary Hart was the long-running host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up television program Entertainment Tonight, the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time.
19 Facts About Mary Hart
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Mary Hart was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Denmark.
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Mary Hart graduated from Augustana Academy in 1968 and from Augustana College in Sioux Falls in 1972.
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Mary Hart was crowned Miss South Dakota 1970 and subsequently was a semi-finalist in the Miss America 1971 pageant.
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Mary Hart was a sales representative for a school yearbook company.
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Mary Hart landed a small role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives as well as some TV commercials.
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Mary Hart is known for her shapely legs, leading to an endorsement contract with Hanes for that company's line of pantyhose in 1987.
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Mary Hart continued her work on Entertainment Tonight while performing in Las Vegas, flying between the cities after two shows in Vegas, the last at 11:00PM, to film ET the following morning at 8:00AM.
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In 1991, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that Mary Hart's voice had triggered seizures in an epileptic woman.
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Mary Hart voiced the cartoon character Fairy Hart in an episode of The Fairly OddParents and in The Fairly Oddparents TV movie Fairly OddBaby.
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In May 2009, Mary Hart suffered a broken left wrist due to an accident at home.
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Between 2014 and 2016, Hart was a recurring character on the ABC Family sitcom Baby Daddy, as a fictional version of herself who hosts a morning show The Mary Hart Show and is the boss of Tahj Mowry's character Tucker Dobbs.
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On October 29,2015, Mary Hart made a guest appearance on ET, being interviewed by then-current host Nancy O'Dell; her appearance was meant to kick off a month-long celebration of the program's 35th season.
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Mary Hart was Master of Ceremonies at the July 4th celebration at Mount Rushmore on July 3,2020.
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Mary Hart resided in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California, with her film producer husband, Burt Sugarman.
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Mary Hart is a Republican and supported Marco Rubio in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.
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Mary Hart hosted President Trump's Fourth of July celebration in 2020, at which she was accused of making a white power sign.
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Since 2000, Mary Hart has had a home in Palm Desert, California where she has supported local charities.
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Mary Hart is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and has performed the national anthem prior to games on several occasions.