Mariel Hemingway Movies and Career Information

Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress and writer. Hemingway was born in Mill Valley, California, the third daughter of Byra Louise (née Whittlesey) Hemingway and John 'Jack' Hadley Nicanor Hemingway, a writer. Her sisters are Joan Hemingway (born 1950) and Margaux Louise Hemingway (born 1954). Margaux, who became an actress and model, died of a barbiturate overdose in 1996 at age 42. Her paternal grandparents were Hadley Richardson and writer Ernest Hemingway, whom she never met, as he committed suicide several months before she was born. She was named after the Cuban port of Mariel—a village that her father and grandfather visited regularly as sportsmen to fish. Her middle name was after her paternal grandmother. Hemingway grew up primarily in Ketchum, Idaho, where her father lived, and where her paternal grandfather had also spent a great deal of time as a sportsman and writer. Mariel also spent part of her adolescence growing up in New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California. Hemingway's first role was with her sister Margaux in the film Lipstick (1976). The movie was not considered especially good, but Mariel did receive notice for the