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Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois, to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray. His father had Scottish ancestry and his mother's family was German. His father's sister was vaudeville performer and actress Fay Holderness .
- August 30, 1908
- November 5, 1991
When Maleta Annette Martin was born on 10 December 1887, in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Jacob Martin Jr, was 34 and her mother, Lina Grebel, was 32. She married Frederick Talmadge MacMurray on 20 June 1904, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Frederick Talmadge Macmurray
Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908, in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of Maleta ( née Martin) and concert violinist Frederick Talmadge MacMurray, both natives of Wisconsin. His aunt, Fay Holderness, was a vaudeville performer and actress. When MacMurray was an infant, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where his father ...
Fred MacMurray with his mother Maleta (Martin) MacMurray, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, c. 1911. Source: : WHI 65077 View the original source document. Naval uniform costume worn by actor Fred MacMurray in the 1954 motion picture "The Caine Mutiny." (Museum object #2009.19.1)
Maleta Annette Martin MacMurray. Birth. 10 Dec 1880. Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA. Death. 3 Aug 1965 (aged 84) Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map. Plot. Sec 11. Memorial ID. 9994064. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 3. Flowers 28. Memorials.
Nov 5, 1991 · Biography. Born to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray (concert violinist). Fred sang and played in orchestras to earn tuition. He was educated at Carroll College, Wis. Fred played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles.
askphotos@wisconsinhistory.org. Studio portrait of future actor Fred MacMurray at age 3, posed with his mother Maleta Martin MacMurray.
