Margot Hartman

Margot Sari Hartman Tenney (August 15, 1933 – April 11, 2020) was an American actress and the chairman of the board of the First Stamford Corporation, one of the largest privately held commercial real estate companies in the State of Connecticut.

Born and raised in New York City, the daughter of Dorothy and Jesse Hartman, she started her professional career as an actress at the Arena Stage Company in Washington, D.C. After years of working in the regional theatre, Margot founded the Hartman Theatre Company in Stamford, Connecticut.

[citation needed] Through the creation of the Dorothy and Jesse Hartman Foundation, Margot supported several not for profit institutions such as the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival.

[citation needed] She received the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Advancement of Women from the Connecticut United Nations Associations.

[citation needed] Margot Hartman was a graduate and member of the Board of Directors of Bennington College where she was a major financial supporter of the institution.