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Lisa Hartman Black (born June 1, 1956) is an American actress and singer from
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. Hartman gained prominence after her role in the prime time drama ''
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'' from 1982 to 1986. She recorded four solo albums between 1976 and 1987, with her most notable song being "If Love Must Go". She achieved significant success with a duet with her husband, country singer
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, called " When I Said I Do", which reached number one on the ''
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charts in 1999. Hartman has appeared in various films and TV shows, including '' Flicka: Country Pride'', ''Back to You and Me'', and ''
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''. She married Black in 1991, and the couple has a daughter, Lily Pearl Black. They have lived in
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, since 2002.


Career

After some minor television appearances, Hartman starred on the short-lived ''
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'' during 1977–78. She subsequently appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and appeared in the 1981
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'', as Neely O'Hara. She was on
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's 1979 special "You're Never Too Old" recorded at Marriott's Great America in
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. Hartman's breakthrough as an actress came in 1982 when she began appearing on the prime time drama ''
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'', playing rock singer Ciji Dunne. Her character engaged in romances with the characters played by
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and Michael Sabatino. Hartman was popular with audiences, and when Ciji was murdered off-screen in 1983, there was a public uproar. As a solution, Hartman was brought back on the show as Cathy Geary, also a singer, who later marries an unbalanced
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. Hartman remained with the show until 1986, when she was released due to budget cuts and because the show's writers felt there were no further storylines for her character. During her time on the series, she appeared in the film ''
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. She also sang the film's theme song. Hartman recorded four solo albums between 1976 and 1987 – two for
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. Her most notable song is "If Love Must Go", which she performed on various television shows like '' Solid Gold'' and ''
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''. Despite additional contributions from successful songwriters and producers including
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, and
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, the albums were not commercially successful. She achieved her most notable success with a duet with her husband entitled " When I Said I Do". It reached Number 1 on the ''
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''
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charts on December 18, 1999, and was nominated for a
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. The duet was ranked No. 11 on '' CMT's 100 Greatest Duets in Country Music'' in 2005. They recorded a second duet titled "Easy For Me to Say", which peaked at No. 27 on the country music charts in 2002. In the summer of 1994, Hartman co-hosted ''Universal Studios Summer Blast'', a TV special celebrating the 30th anniversary of
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. In April 2011, her albums ''Lisa Hartman'', ''Hold On'' and ''Letterock'' were released on CD with bonus tracks by
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under license from
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. Her last album, Til My Heart Stops'' was reissued on CD in 2008 on Wounded Bird Records as well. In May 2012, Hartman starred in '' Flicka: Country Pride'', a movie from
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. She plays the mother of a budding equestrian rider (
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). In 2005, Hartman starred in a made-for-TV film, ''Back to You and Me'', on the
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. In 2020, she and husband Clint Black appeared in season four of ''
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'' as "Snow Owls", notably competing as the series' first duet competitors while riding in an egg-shaped vehicle.


Personal life

Hartman grew up in Houston, Texas. In 1991, she married musician
Clint Black Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles ...
. In 2001, the couple had a daughter, Lily Pearl Black. They have lived in
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since 2002 after living in
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, California.


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Featured singles


Music videos


Filmography


Films


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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