Marianna Hill (born Marianna Schwarzkopf; February 9, 1942) is a
retired American actress who predominantly worked in American
television and is known for her starring role in the feature western
film High Plains Drifter (1973) as well as many roles on television
series in the 1960s and 1970s. She was sometimes credited as Mariana
Hill.Hill was born in Santa Barbara, California to architect Frank
Schwarzkopf and writer Mary Hawthorne Hill, who worked as a script
doctor. Retired United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was
a cousin.Her father, a building contractor, worked in several
countries, which resulted in Hill's education in California, Spain,
and Canada. During her teenage years her family settled in southern
California when her father purchased a restaurant there.Hill's initial
acting experience came when she was an apprentice at the Laguna
Playhouse. She then worked three summers at the La Jolla Playhouse and
later gained more experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of
the Theatre. She was a life member of The Actors Studio as of January
1980.
retired American actress who predominantly worked in American
television and is known for her starring role in the feature western
film High Plains Drifter (1973) as well as many roles on television
series in the 1960s and 1970s. She was sometimes credited as Mariana
Hill.Hill was born in Santa Barbara, California to architect Frank
Schwarzkopf and writer Mary Hawthorne Hill, who worked as a script
doctor. Retired United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was
a cousin.Her father, a building contractor, worked in several
countries, which resulted in Hill's education in California, Spain,
and Canada. During her teenage years her family settled in southern
California when her father purchased a restaurant there.Hill's initial
acting experience came when she was an apprentice at the Laguna
Playhouse. She then worked three summers at the La Jolla Playhouse and
later gained more experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of
the Theatre. She was a life member of The Actors Studio as of January
1980.
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