Mary Martin
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-12-01 (77 years old)
Deathday
1990-11-03
Place of Birth
Weatherford, Texas, USA
Also known As
Mary Virginia Martin
Mary Martin
Biography
Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman. Martin began her radio career in 1939 as the vocalist on a short-lived revival of The Tuesday Night Party on CBS. In 1940, she was a singer on NBC's Good News of 1940, which was renamed Maxwell House Coffee Time during that year. In 1942, she joined the cast of Kraft Music Hall...
Acting
1953
as Self
1960
as Peter Pan
1941
as Betty Lou Cobb
1941
as Alexandra Curtis
1942
as Mary Martin
1940
as Cherry Lane
1943
as Marjory Stuart
1940
as Mary Allen
1939
as Louise Hall
1941
as Cindy Lou Bethany
1943
as Bonnie Porter
1952
as Nellie Forbush
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1940
1955
as Peter Pan
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1962
as Herself
1953
as Herself
1957
as Annie Oakley
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1946
as Mary Martin
1979
as Gracie Schwartz
1956
as Peter Pan
1982
as Self
Production
1957
as Executive Producer
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