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Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949Mary Martin ( December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music.
Credits
Married Ben Hagman 1929
Son Larry Hagman
Divorced Ben Hagman 1936
- "Rhythm on the River" (1940) Film
- "Love Thy Neighbor" (1940) Film
Married Richard Halliday 1940
Daughter Heller Halliday
- "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" (1941) Film
- "New York Town" (1941) Film
- " Birth of the Blues " (1941) Film
- "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1942) Film
- "Happy Go Lucky" (1943) Film
- "True to Life" (1943) Film
- "One Touch of Venus" (1943) Broadway and Tour
Donaldson Award, NY Drama Critics Award: "One Touch of Venus"
- "Pacific 1860" (1946) London
- "Lute Song" (1946) Broadway
Special Tony Award: "Annie Get Your Gun"
- "America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers" (1951) Television
- "Kind Sir" (1953) Broadway
- "Ford 50th Anniversary Show" (1953) Television
- "Main Street to Broadway" (1953) Film
Tony Award, (later) Emmy Award: "Peter Pan"
- " General Foods 25th Anniversary Show" (1954) Television
- "Person to Person" (1954) Television
- "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1955) Broadway, Washington, DC, Paris
- "Peter Pan" (1955) Television
- "Ford Star Jubilee: Together With Music" (1955) Television
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame, Born Yesterday" (1956) Television
- "Peter Pan" (1956) Television
- "Annie Get Your Gun" (1957) Television
Tony Award: "The Sound of Music"
- "Magic with Mary Martin" (1959) Television
- "Music with Mary Martin" (1959) Television
- "Peter Pan" (1960) Television
- "Bing Crosby Christmas Show" (1962) Television
- "Mary Martin, Hello Dolly 'Round the World" (1966) Television
- "I Do! I Do!" (1966) Broadway, National Tour
- "Mary Martin at Eastertime" (1966) Television
- " Jack PaarJack Harold Paar ( May 1, 1918 January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host. Born in Canton, Ohio, Paar began his broadcasting career in radio, working first in Cleveland, Ohio and later, throughout the Midwest. After World War II Special" (1972) Television
Husband Richard Halliday dies, 1973
Autobiography: "My Heart Belongs," Morrow (1976)
- "Together On Broadway" with Ethel MermanEthel Merman ( January 16, 1908 February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her strident voice and comic acting. She was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann in Astoria, Queens, New York, of a German Lutheran father and Scottish Presby (1977)
- "Do You Turn Sommersaults?" (1977) Broadway and Tour
- "Bing Crosby, His Life and Legend" (1978) Television
- "Valentine" (1979) Television/Film
Peabody Award: "Valentine"
- "Standing Room Only: Showstoppers" (1980) Television
- " Beverly SillsThe coloratura soprano Beverly Sills (born May 25, 1929) was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. As a celebrity, Ms. Sills was and continue Farewell" (1981) Television
- "Over Easy" (1981-1983, PBS, Host) Television
- "The Sound of American Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein" (1985) Television
- "Irving Berlin's America" (1986) Television
- "Legends!" (1986) National Tour
- "In Performance at the White House, A Salute to Broadway" (1988) Television
Kennedy Center Honors (1989)
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Martin, Mary
Martin, Mary
Martin, Mary
Musical theatre actresses