Born Carole Ruth Strickler in Paterson, New Jersey on April 30, 1943, she graduated from Barnard College in 1965, where she majored in philosophy.
She and her husband were at a party where they spoke with a producer who had an idea for a new television program designed to help children develop reading and writing skills.
The music was produced by her husband Bruce Hart together with Stephen J. Lawrence; stories and poems were directed by Alan Alda.
[1][2] After meeting Debby Franke Ogg, a woman who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma who had survived the cancer using alternative therapies, Hart turned the story into Leap of Faith a 1988 television drama that features Anne Archer and Sam Neill.
The movie was broadcast on CBS after overcoming objections from the network that people would be discouraged from pursuing standard medical care for cancer based on the portrayal of the success of alternative therapies depicted in the program.