Worked in a bank, drove a taxi in Beverly Hills and photographed record album covers prior to getting her first break as an actress.
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Studied drama at Cal State.
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Was filming a commercial in 1969 when an elephant stepped on her. She was confined to bed for five months and grueling physical therapy for some time after that. That experience, plus her sensitive reading, helped Marilyn win the coveted role of Jill Kinmont in The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) over four hundred hopefuls. She also reprised the role in The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shadow of the Hawk
1976
Maureen
The Family Holvak
1975
TV Series
Carolyn Scovell
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975
Jill Kinmont
Movin' On
1974
TV Series
Mary Kate
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
TV Series
Car Rental Girl
Emergency!
1972
TV Series
Cynthia / Nurse
Quarantined
1970
TV Movie
Beverly Marshall
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
Dancer #75 (uncredited)
Bad High
2008
Short
Mary Miller
Kid Pound
2008
Short
Miss Rebecca
Exiled in America
1992
Beverly
Inside Out III
1992
Video
Cindy (segment "The Houseguest")
Twenty Dollar Star
1991
Lou Ann
Shades of LA
1990
TV Series
Melisa
Rock-A-Die Baby
1989
Mom (Eva)
Messenger of Death
1988
Josephine Fabrizio
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1988
TV Series
Barbara Blair / Patricia Harlan / Maggie Earl
Body Count
1987
Joanne Knight
The Hitchhiker
1986
TV Series
Jill
The Eleventh Commandment
1986
Joanne Knight
Massive Retaliation
1984
Lois Fredericks
Hotel
1984
TV Series
Joanne Maxwell
This Is the Life
1984
TV Series
Gypsy Angels
1980
Therapist (1989 version) (uncredited)
The Bell Jar
1979
Esther Greenwood
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
1978
Jill Kinmont
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Lucy
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
Massive Retaliation
1984
stunt driver
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 48th Annual Academy Awards
1976
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1976
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1976
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Known for movies
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) as Jill Kinmont
Two-Minute Warning (1976) as Lucy
Messenger of Death (1988) as Josephine Fabrizio
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) as Jill Kinmont