Elizabeth Hartman

I just wanted to thank you for the moving article on actress Elizabeth Hartman (“The Short Life of Elizabeth Hartman,” by Sandra Hansen Konte, Nov. 22).

For a while I thought I was the only person who remembered her. Except for an article in People magazine, I have read nothing about this truly gifted actress. I was so moved the first time I saw “Patch of Blue,” that I have never forgotten her. She was very good in all her films, few as they are. Her tragic end seems so very sad to me--and such a waste of true talent. I hope she has found peace wherever she is; because she surely had little of it while she was with us.

HENDRICUS STRUIJK

Long Beach