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Marilyn Hassett (born December 17, 1947, Los Angeles, California) is an American screen and television actress. Hassett is best known for her portrayal of Jill Kinmont is the film The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), which was directed by Larry Peerce, who chose her for the lead from several hundred hopefuls. Consequently she won a Golden Globe in 1976 for New Star of the Year. This film was Universal Studios highest grossing film for 20 years. She later married Peerce and appeared in several films he directed, including Two-Minute Warning (1976), The Other Side of the Mountain Part II... MORE

Marilyn Hassett (born December 17, 1947, Los Angeles, California) is an American screen and television actress. Hassett is best known for her portrayal of Jill Kinmont is the film The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), which was directed by Larry Peerce, who chose her for the lead from several hundred hopefuls. Consequently she won a Golden Globe in 1976 for New Star of the Year. This film was Universal Studios highest grossing film for 20 years. She later married Peerce and appeared in several films he directed, including Two-Minute Warning (1976), The Other Side of the Mountain Part II (1978) and the 1979 film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. Peerce and Hassett subsequently divorced and she never remarried. LESS