Melissa Joan Hart: Biography
Birth name Melissa Joan Catherine Hart
Date of birth (location) 18 April 1976, Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA Nickname
Mel Halfpint Sa (from “MelisSA” and “ClarisSA”)
Height
5’2’‘
Daughter of Paula Hart and William Hart, a lobster wholesaler.
Met longtime boyfriend, actor James Fields (II), while filming an episode of “Touched by an Angel” (1994) in Utah.
Sister of Trisha Hart (II), Elizabeth Hart, Brian Hart (II), Emily Hart and Alexandra Hart-Gilliams
Has sung on two rock/pop albums, “This Is What ‘NA NA’ Means” (1994) and “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Album” (1998), and narrated a classical album for children, “Peter and the Wolf” (1994).
Performed in off-Broadway play “Beside Herself” with William Hurt and Calista Flockhart in 1989.
Small role in Crocodile Dundee (1986) was cut from the film.
Appeared in underwear along with Yasmine Bleeth, Alyssa Milano, Peta Wilson, Garcelle Beauvais, Carmen Electra, Jamie Luner, and Jeri Ryan on the cover of and inside the October 1997 issue of “Details” magazine.
Was born at 1:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
Has a “lazy eyelid” that causes her right eye not to open as wide as her left.
Was born without the teeth to either side of her two front teeth, a condition that was “fixed” in 1993.
Is vice-president of Hartbreak Films, a production company she runs with her mother, Paula Hart, and step-father, Leslie Gilliams.
Collects Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia.
Auditioned for the title role in Adrian Lyne’s Lolita (1997).
Full name is Melissa Joan Catherine Hart: “Melissa” from the Allman Brothers song, “Joan” from her maternal grandmother, “Catherine” is the name she chose herself as her confirmation name.
Wears a navel ring.
Enjoys showboarding.
Can recite pi to 341 digits
Hobby: collects great paintings; owns 3 Picassos
Plays in the clip “crazy” from Spears, ‘Britney.
Has a cross tattoo on the back of her neck.
October 1999 – Started collecting estate jewelry.
Melissa’s 13 year old sister, Emily, provides the voice for the Saturday morning “Sabrina” cartoon series, which was spun off from Melissa’s hit show.
(October 1999) Has attended New York University via correspondense courses since January 1994. She is pursuing a BA in a combination of art and literature classes, but put her studies on hold for 1 yeardue to her hectic filming schedules.
Auditioned for a role in Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Personal quotes
(Discussing Playboy): If they could promise me it wasn’t camera-between-my-knees kind of shots, I would do it. I would do topless. I think it’s empowering. Though if my mother had a real big problem with it, I’d have to say no right now.
(on her personality) “I’m a pretty open person. Like, if I have good sex, then the next day I’m going to tell everyone I know about it.”
Where are they now (1999): Created controversy by posing suggestively in Maxim magazine. The owner of Archie Comics, which owns the rights to her Sabrina character, demanded that she apologize for her very un-Sabrina-like behavior, but so far she has not.