Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill
Hill in Black Zoo (1963).
Born	February 9, 1941[1] Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Other names	Mariana Hill Marianne Hill Marianna Renfred
Years active	1960–2005

Marianna Hill (born February 9, 1941), sometimes credited as Mariana Hill, is an American actress^[2] that has predominantly worked in American television and is known for her starring role in the feature western film High Plains Drifter (1973) and her many roles on television series in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

A life member of The Actors Studio,^[3] Hill has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes. She played Gabrielle in the Howard Hawks film, Red Line 7000 (1965) and co-starred in the Elvis Presley films Roustabout (1964) and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966); the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter (1973) as Callie Travers; and in The Godfather Part II (1974) as Deanna Dunn-Corleone.^[4]

Hill guest-starred in several 1960s sitcoms, including My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes and Love American Style. One of Hill's other television appearances was in the original Star Trek series ("Dagger of the Mind", 1966) as Dr. Helen Noel. She also appeared on Perry Mason ("The Case of the Greek Goddess", 1963) as Theba.

Clu Gulager with Hill in The Tall Man

She also guest-starred in Bonanza, Death Valley Days, The High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Quincy, M.E., S.W.A.T., Kung Fu, The Outer Limits, Mannix, Batman, The Tall Man and Harry O.

Selected filmography

• 1963: Black Zoo
• 1964: The New Interns
• 1964: Roustabout
• 1965: Red Line 7000
• 1966: Paradise, Hawaiian Style
• 1966: Star Trek TOS, Dagger of the Mind
• 1969: Medium Cool
• 1970: El Condor
• 1970: The Traveling Executioner
• 1972: Thumb Tripping
• 1972: Messiah of Evil
• 1973: The Baby
• 1973: High Plains Drifter
• 1974: The Godfather Part II
• 1974: The Last Porno Flick
• 1976: Death at Love House
• 1976: The Astral Factor
• 1980: Schizoid
• 1981: Blood Beach

References

1. "Marianna Hill". TV.com.
2. Variety Staff (December 31, 1969). "Review: ‘The Traveling Executioner’". Variety.
3. Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
4. "Marianna Hill". The New York Times.

External links

• Marianna Hill at the Internet Movie Database
• Marianna Hill at AllMovie