{{short description|American actress (1948–2016)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Cecilia Hart | image = Cecilia Hart in Three's Company (1978 ABC Press Photo).jpg | caption = Hart in 1978 | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1948|2|19}} | birth_place = Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2016|10|16|1948|2|19}} | other_names = Ceci Jones | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Bruce Weitz|1971|1980|end=div.}}|{{marriage|James Earl Jones|1982}}}} | children = 1 | years_active = 1974–2016 }}

'''Cecilia Hart''' (February 19, 1948 – October 16, 2016), sometimes credited as '''Ceci Jones''', was an American actress who played Stacey Erickson in the CBS police drama ''Paris'', which originally ran from 1979 until 1980.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cjuyCQAAQBAJ&dq=Cecilia+Hart&pg=PA274 Whodoneit! A Film Guide - By Terry Rowan - Paris (1979)]</ref> Hart co-starred in the series with her future husband James Earl Jones, to whom she was married until her death in 2016.

==Biography== A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the daughter of an Army colonel and his wife, Hart moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. She appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's play ''Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land'' from January to March 1977, winning the 1977 Theatre World Award.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/dirty-linen--new-found-land-9877 ''Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land''] ibdb.com, accessed October 23, 2016</ref> She appeared on Broadway in ''The Heiress'' (1976) and ''Design for Living'' (1984),<ref name=ci/> and in ''Othello'' as a replacement "Desdemona" in March 1982.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/replacements/othello-4160 ''Othello'' profile] ibdb.com, accessed October 23, 2016</ref> Hart starred opposite Paxton Whitehead in five plays before appearing together in ''Bedroom Farce'' at the Westport Country Playhouse in 2015. The production ran from August 25, 2015, through September 13, 2015.<ref>DeWitt, Davis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/nyregion/review-in-bedroom-farce-love-and-other-jokes.html "Review: In ‘Bedroom Farce,’ Love and Other Jokes"], ''The New York Times'', September 3, 2015.</ref>

==Personal life== Hart married actor Bruce Weitz in 1971; they divorced in 1980. She married actor James Earl Jones in 1982; it was also his second marriage. They had one child, and were married until Hart's death.<ref name="ci">{{cite journal|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris III|title=Cecilia Hart, 68|journal=Classic Images|date=February 2017|issue=500|page=54}}</ref> The couple were residents of Pawling, New York.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/10/22/cecilia-hart-wife-james-earl-jones-dies-68/92608430/|title = Cecilia Hart, wife of James Earl Jones, dies at 68|last = Wilson|first = Geoffrey|date = October 22, 2016|accessdate = September 9, 2024|newspaper = Poughkeepsie Journal}}</ref>

Hart died from ovarian cancer on October 16, 2016, at the age of 68.<ref>[http://ew.com/article/2016/10/22/cecilia-hart-dead-wife-james-earl-jones-dies-68/ Cecilia Hart dead: Wife of James Earl Jones dies at 68 - October 22, 2016]</ref><ref name="death">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cecilia-hart-dead-james-earl-940676|title=Cecilia Hart, Actress and Wife of James Earl Jones, Dies at 68|first=Mike|last=Barnes|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 22, 2016|issn=0018-3660}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" |- align="center" ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | rowspan="4"| 1978 | ''Emergency!'' | Nancy Halverson | 1 episode |- | ''The Runaways'' | Carolyn Roberts | 1 episode |- | ''Three's Company'' | Gloria | 1 episode |- | ''A Woman Called Moses'' | Susan Broadas | TV miniseries |- | 1979 | ''Quincy, M.E.'' | Stewardess Jackie Curtis | 1 episode |- | 1979–80 | ''Paris'' | Stacey Erickson | 13 episodes |- | 1980 | ''The Silent Lovers'' | Norma Shea | TV movie |- | 1986 | ''Mr. Sunshine'' | Janice Hall | 11 episodes |- | rowspan="3"| 1989 | ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' | Gail Horner | 1 episode |- | ''Starting Now'' | Felicia Kent | TV movie |- | ''MacGyver'' | Kate Hubley | 1 episode |- | rowspan="2"| 1990 | ''Gabriel's Fire'' | Harley Kovacs | 1 episode |- | ''Charles in Charge'' | Elaine Colfax | 1 episode |- | 1992 | ''Pros and Cons'' | Lauren | 1 episode |- | 1993<br />1996<br />1998 | ''Law & Order'' | Mary Bradley<br />Marcia Stamell<br />Greta Singer | 3 episodes |- | 2006 | ''The King of Central Park'' | Lydia | Short film |}

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