The Love Boat
1977
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Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein , she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), the title character in Peter Pan (1954), and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959).
Mary Martin. Actress: Peter Pan. Originally a dance instructor, she came to Broadway during the Depression to begin her career as a professional actress. A daughter of Texas, she originally began work as a dance instructor until a local evangelical-adherent burned down her studio citing her work as being too sinful for human nature.
Mary Martin. Actress: Peter Pan. Originally a dance instructor, she came to Broadway during the Depression to begin her career as a professional actress.
Mary Martin was an American singer and actress best known for her work in Broadway musicals. Martin attended private schools and for a year the University of Texas. After a brief first marriage (1930–35), she opened a dance school in her hometown of Weatherford, Texas, that proved a remarkable.
Nov 5, 1990 · Mary Martin, America's favorite leading lady of musical comedy, as Ens. Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific," Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" or the title role in "Peter Pan,"...
May 23, 2018 · Mary Martin (1913-1990) was a popular stage actress, singer, dancer, television and movie star. Mary Martin was born in Weatherford, Texas, on December 1, 1913. As a child she was encouraged by her parents, Juanita and Judge Preston Martin, to study violin and voice.
Apr 7, 2018 · South Pacific holds the distinction of being the only musical in Tony Award history to dominate all four acting categories: Mary Martin (as Nellie Forbush), Ezio Pinza (Emile De Becque),...
Nov 3, 1990 · Mary Martin was a sensation on Broadway in Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus in 1943, winning a Donaldson Award. She then starred with Yul Brynner in a short run of Lute Song (1946) and appeared in London in Noel Coward’s Pacific 1860 (1946).
Nov 5, 1990 · Mary Martin, the Broadway musical legend who portrayed Nellie Forbush and Maria von Trapp but who was Peter Pan to a mesmerized world, has died of cancer, it was reported Sunday.
Nov 3, 1990 · A legendary star of the Broadway musical theater during the ’40s and ’50s, and one of its most charming, vivacious, and best-loved performers. Her father was a lawyer and her mother...
