In 1975, Hassett starred as ski racing champion Jill Kinmont in the drama film The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), which was directed by Larry Peerce, who chose her for the lead from several hundred hopefuls.
[2] The Other Side of the Mountain was one of the more successful box-office releases for Universal Pictures in years and helped the company survive a difficult period.
[1] Hassett starred alongside Jan-Michael Vincent in the 1976 cult classic film Shadow of the Hawk, and the same year, she appeared in Two-Minute Warning, directed by her then-husband Larry Peerce.
In 1979, she starred in the film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar, also directed by Peerce.
[4] The following years, Hassett appeared in a number of smaller-scale movies and guest-starred on television series, including Hotel, Murder, She Wrote and The Hitchhiker.