Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/1/1913
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...
Known For
Peter Pan
as Peter Pan
Peter Pan
as Peter Pan
South Pacific
as Nellie Forbush
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
New York Town
as Alexandra Curtis
Night and Day
as Mary Martin
Valentine
as Gracie Schwartz
True to Life
as Bonnie Porter
Peter Pan
as Peter Pan
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Birth of the Blues
as Betty Lou Cobb
Annie Get Your Gun
as Annie Oakley
Rhythm on the River
as Cherry Lane
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Mary Martin
Love Thy Neighbor
as Mary Allen
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Cindy Lou Bethany
Happy Go Lucky
as Marjory Stuart
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
as Herself