# Lisa Hartman Black

Lisa Hartman Black (born June 1, 1956) is an American actress and singer from Houston, Texas.
Hartman gained prominence after her role in the prime time drama Knots Landing 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 Clint Black, called "When I Said I Do", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1999. Hartman has appeared in various films and TV shows, including Flicka: Country Pride, Back to You and Me, and The Masked Singer. She married Black in 1991, and the couple has a daughter, Lily Pearl Black. They have lived in Nashville, Tennessee, since 2002.

## Career

After some minor television appearances, Hartman starred on the short-lived Bewitched spin-off, Tabitha during 1977–78. She subsequently appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and appeared in the 1981 CBS TV remake of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, as Neely O'Hara. She was on WLS-TV's 1979 special "You're Never Too Old" recorded at Marriott's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.
Hartman's breakthrough as an actress came in 1982 when she began appearing on the prime time drama Knots Landing, playing rock singer Ciji Dunne. Her character engaged in romances with the characters played by Ted Shackelford 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 televangelist played by a young Alec Baldwin. 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 Where the Boys Are '84 produced by Allan Carr. She also sang the film's theme song.
Hartman recorded four solo albums between 1976 and 1987 – two for Kirshner Records, one for RCA Records, and one for Atlantic Records. Her most notable song is "If Love Must Go", which she performed on various television shows like Solid Gold and The Merv Griffin Show. Despite additional contributions from successful songwriters and producers including Jeff Barry, Dobie Gray, Bryan Adams, Rick Springfield, Will Jennings, and Holly Knight, 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 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts on December 18, 1999, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. 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 Universal Studios.
In April 2011, her albums Lisa Hartman, Hold On and Letterock were released on CD with bonus tracks by Wounded Bird Records under license from Sony. 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 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. She plays the mother of a budding equestrian rider (Kacey Rohl).
In 2005, Hartman starred in a made-for-TV film, Back to You and Me, on the Hallmark Channel.
In 2020, she and husband Clint Black appeared in season four of The Masked Singer 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. In 2001, the couple had a daughter, Lily Pearl Black. They have lived in Nashville, Tennessee since 2002 after living in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| Lisa Hartman | Release date: 1976 Label: Kirshner Records |
| Hold On | Release date: May 11, 1979 Label: Kirshner Records |
| Letterock | Release date: July 27, 1982 Label: RCA Records |
| Lisa Hartman (Reissue of Letterock) | Release date: 1983 Label: RCA Records |
| 'Til My Heart Stops | Release date: August 24, 1987 Label: Atlantic Records |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Album |
| 1976 | "Kentucky Rainbows" | Lisa Hartman |
| 1976 | "Saying Hello, Saying I Love You" | Lisa Hartman |
| 1976 | "Pickin Up the Pieces" | Lisa Hartman |
| 1979 | "Walk Away" | Hold On |
| 1982 | "If Love Must Go" | Letterock |
| 1982 | "Hiding From Love" | Letterock |
| 1982 | "Johnny's Always On My Mind" | Letterock |
| 1984 | "Where the Boys Are" | Where the Boys Are '84 soundtrack |
| 1987 | "Tempt Me (If You Want To)" | 'Til My Heart Stops |
| 1988 | "The Dress" | 'Til My Heart Stops |
| 1988 | "I Don't Need Love" | 'Til My Heart Stops |

### Featured singles

| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | Artist | US Country | US | CAN Country | Album |
| 1999 | "When I Said I Do" | Clint Black | 1 | 31 | 1 | D'lectrified |
| 2001 | "Easy for Me to Say" | Clint Black | 27 | — | * | Greatest Hits II |
| 2016 | "You Still Get to Me" | Clint Black | — | — | — | On Purpose |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |||||||

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 1988 | "I Don't Need Love" |
| 1999 | "When I Said I Do" (with Clint Black) | Clint Black |
| 2001 | "Easy for Me to Say" (with Clint Black) | Clint Black |
| 2016 | "You Still Get to Me" (with Clint Black) | Ben Boutwell |

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Murder at the World Series | Stewardess | TV movie |
| 1978 | Just Tell Me You Love Me | Julie | |
| 1980 | Valentine Magic on Love Island | Crystal Kramer | TV movie |
| 1980 | Where the Ladies Go | Crystal | TV movie |
| 1980 | Gridlock | Nikki | TV movie |
| 1981 | Deadly Blessing | Faith Stohler | |
| 1984 | Where the Boys Are '84 | Jennie Cooper | |
| 1985 | Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Amanda Ryder | TV movie |
| 1985 | The 17th Bride | Liza | |
| 1987 | Roses Are for the Rich | Autumn McAvin Norton Corbett Osborne | TV movie |
| 1987 | Student Exchange | Peggy | TV movie |
| 1989 | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Sarah Dutton | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Operation | Laura Parks | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Take | Delaney | TV movie |
| 1991 | Bare Essentials | Sydney Wayne | TV movie |
| 1991 | Not of This World | Linda Fletcher | TV movie |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Susan Lowell | TV movie |
| 1991 | Red Wind | Kristine "Kris" Morrow | TV movie |
| 1991 | The Return of Eliot Ness | Madeline Whitfield | TV movie |
| 1992 | Without a Kiss Goodbye | Laurie Samuels | TV movie |
| 1994 | Search for Grace | Ivy / Grace | TV movie |
| 1994 | Someone Else's Child | Cory Maddox | TV movie |
| 1996 | Have You Seen My Son | Lael Pritcher | TV movie |
| 1997 | Out of Nowhere | Lauren Carlton | TV movie |
| 1998 | Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack | Ponder Favor | TV movie |
| 2005 | Back to You and Me | Dr. Sydney "Syd" Ludwick | TV movie |
| 2012 | Flicka: Country Pride | Lindy Jenkins | Direct-to-video |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Police Woman | Evelyn | Episode: "Night of the Full Moon" |
| 1977–78 | Tabitha | Tabitha Stephens | Main cast (11 episodes) |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Chris Malone | Episode: "The Prince/The Sheriff" |
| 1979 | The Love Boat | Sherry | Episode: "Disco Baby" (Part 1 & 2) |
| 1979 | Fantasy Island | Sister Mary Theresa / Mary Hoyt | Episode: "Pentagram/Casting Director/A Little Ball" |
| 1979 | The Lisa Hartman Show | Herself / Host | TV pilot episode |
| 1979 | The Love Boat | Carol Bowers | Episode: "Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol and Doug's Story" (Part 1 & 2) |
| 1979 | Fantasy Island | Gladys Boylin | Episode: "Magnolia Blossoms" |
| 1979 | Vega$ | Diana Payne | Episode: "Shadow on a Star" |
| 1980 | Fantasy Island | Sharon Sanders | Episode: "Terrors of the Mind" |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Toni Pataccio | Episode: "First Voyage, Last Voyage" |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Sheila Richards | Episode: "Chorus Girl" |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise | Katie | Episode: "The Star/The Trouble with Chester/Fran´s Worst Friend" |
| 1981 | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Neely O'Hara | TV miniseries (2 episodes) |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Allison Baker | Episode: "The Witness" |
| 1982 | Scared Silly | Darcy Winfield / Marie Winfield | TV pilot episode |
| 1982–83 | Knots Landing | Ciji Dunne | Supporting cast (17 episodes) |
| 1983 | High Performance | Kate Flannery | Main cast (4 episodes) |
| 1983–86 | Knots Landing | Cathy Geary Rush | Main cast (79 episodes) |
| 1988 | Matlock | Shelby Russell | Episode: "The Ambassador" (Part 1 & 2) |
| 1989 | The Hitchhiker | Cheryl | Episode: "Her Finest Hour" |
| 1991 | Perfect Crimes | Dr. Lori Forman | TV pilot episode |
| 1992 | 2000 Malibu Road | Jade O'Keefe | Main cast (6 episodes) |
| 1995 | Judith Krantz's Dazzle | Juanita "Jazz" Kilkullen | TV miniseries (2 episodes) |
| 2000 | King of the Hill | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Peggy's Fan Fair" |
| 2005 | Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again | Herself / Ciji Dunne / Cathy Geary | TV special |
| 2020 | The Masked Singer | Snow Owl | 7 Episodes; with husband Clint |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Result |
| 1999 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Vocal Event of the Year - "When I Said I Do" (with Clint Black) | Won |
| 2000 | 42nd Grammy Awards | Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - "When I Said I Do" (with Clint Black) | Nominated |