Date of Birth : Dec 23rd 1943
American actress, best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl called Selina, opposite Sir Sidney Poitier, a role for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year – Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The next year, she appeared in You’re a Big Boy Now as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
CAREER
The Secret of NIMH ( 1982 )
