Job Actress, singer
Years active 1938-1985
Top Roles Drama Teacher, Herself, Alexandra Curtis, Marjory Stuart, Herself
Top GenresMusical, Comedy, Romance, Drama, Biographical, Silent Films
Top TopicsRomance (Comic), New York, Musicians
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Shares birthday with Woody Allen, Harold Goodwin, Torben Meyer  see more..

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New York Town

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Night and Day

Night and Day

Fan rating: 5.67
The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris

Fan rating: 5.00

Mary Martin Overview:

Legendary actress, Mary Martin, was born Mary Virginia Martin on Dec 1, 1913 in Weatherford, TX. Martin died at the age of 76 on Nov 3, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, CA .

MINI BIO:

Red-headed, vivacious, energetic musical star never given the chance to dominate a big Hollywood musical in the way she ruled the Broadway stage. After a diet of wartime musical fodder, she went back to the theatre and such successes as South Pacific and The Sound of Music. Recovered from severe injuries sustained in a 1982 auto accident. Mother of Larry Hagman. Died from cancer.

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She was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Recording and Radio. Martin was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Mary Martin on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

1560 Vine Street


Ceremony Date: Feb 8, 1960
Category: Recording

6609 Hollywood Blvd.


Ceremony Date: Feb 8, 1960
Category: Radio
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Mary Martin Facts
Won four Tony Awards: in 1948, a Special Award for the touring production of "Annie Get Your Gun," cited for "spreading theatre to the country while the original performs in New York;" and three Best Actress (Musical) awards: in 1950, for "South Pacific;" in 1955, for "Peter Pan," a part she recreated in several television versions; and, in 1960, for "The Sound of Music." She was also nominated as Best Actress (Musical) in 1967 for "I Do! I Do!"
Her daughter, Heller Halliday, was born on November 4, 1941, in Los Angeles. She insisted her second child was going to be a girl and she was right. Her godmothers were Judith Anderson and Jean Arthur.
Broadway stardom came with her support role in the musical "Leave It to Me" wherein she stopped the show with her mock striptease rendering of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" while posing on top of a large cabin trunk at a Siberian railway station. Paramount saw her in this and immediately signed her up for films.
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