Mary Hart

Mary Hart (born Mary Johanna Harum; November 8, 1950) is an American television personality. She was the long-running host (1982–2011) of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up television program Entertainment Tonight, the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time. She was Miss South Dakota 1970. Early life Mary Harum was born in Madison, South Dakota. She was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Denmark. She speaks English, Danish and Swedish fluently. She graduated from Augustana Academy in 1968 and from Augustana College in Sioux Falls in 1972. Career She was crowned Miss South Dakota 1970 and subsequently was a semi-finalist in the Miss America 1971 pageant.