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Mary Early Childhood
To start Mary Virginia Martin was born on December 1, 1913. She was born in Weatherford, Texas, in the United States. Mary had a happy childhood. She had a close relationship with both of her parents and her siblings. "Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy." Mary's Father, Preston Martin, was a lawyer. Mary's mother, Juanita Presley, was a violin teacher. Mary was raised in a barn. -
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Mary Death
On November 3, 1990, Mary died of liver cancer at her Rancho Mirage, California, home. Her cremated remains were buried in East Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherwood Cemetery in Weatherford, Texas. -
Mary Schooling
1929, when Mary was 16 years old, her parents sent her to Ward Belmont, A young ladies finishing school in Nashville, Tennessee. Before finishing school at Ward-Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee, she dated Benjamin Hagman. In Nashville, Mary enjoyed imitating Fanny Brice at singing gigs. -
One Of Mary's First Arrangement
In the early 1930s, Mary struck an arrangement with Carr and Hal Collins, the owners of the crazy water Hotel. In exchange for giving her full use of the rooftop ballroom for her weekly dance classes in Mineral Walls, Mary would agree to sing on their crazy crystals radio show two days a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays. -
The Start Of Mary's Adulthood
When Mary visits her family from Nashville, Mary and Benjamin get permission from her mother and father to get married. Mary was legally married on November 3, 1930, at Grace Episcopal church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Ten months later, after Mary married, she was pregnant with her first child, Larry Hagman. Mary was happy to begin her new life with her first child. -
Mary's journey to Broadway
Mary was cast in Cole Partners Leave it to Me!. Mary made her Broadway debut in November 1938 in the production; she became famous on Broadway. She received attention in the national media, singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." She became a star overnight with that one song in the second act. -
Special Moment
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" became very special to Mary. Mary sang the song to her father in his hospital bed in a coma. Headlines began to read, "Daddy Girl sings about Daddy as Daddy Dies." Mary couldn't attend her father's funeral because of her show's demanding schedule. The song catapulted her career. -
Mary Vocalist Skills
In 1939, Mary was the vocalist on a short-lived revival on CBS. In 1940, Mary was a singer on NBC's Good News, renamed Maxwell House Coffee Time during that same year. In 1942, Mary joined the cast of Kraft Music Hall on NBC. Mary was also one of the stars of Stage Door Canteen on CBS in 1942-1945. -
Film Collaboration
When Crosby and Mary made films together, they also appeared on radio's Kraft Music Hall. The films were followed by Love Thy Neighbor with Jack Benny and Fred Allen in 1940, Kiss the Boys Good-Bye in 1941 with Don Ameche and Oscar Levant, New York Town with Fred MacMurray and Robert Preston in 1941 and Happy Go Lucky with Rudy Valee and Dick Powell in 1942. -
Mary Second Marriage
In 1936, Mary was divorced from Benjamin Hagman; Mary met Richard Halliday and quickly fell in love with Richard Halliday in 1940. Early in their marriage, Richard was a drama and movie critic. -
Mary Second Child
In 1941, Mary and Richard had a daughter named Heller Halliday. She was Mary's second child. In the 1970s, Mary and Richard lived in a vast ranch state of Gias, Brazil; the ranch was called "Nosa Fazenda Halliday." -
Live Performances Give Connection
Mary appeared in nine films between 1938 and 1943. Mary was passed over for the filmed version of the musical plays. Mary once explained that she did not enjoy making films because she didn't have the connection with an audience that she has in live performances. -
Mary won a Tony Award!
On April 7, 1949, Mary opened on Broadway in the South Pacific as Nurse Nellie Forbush. Mary's performance was called "Memorable... funny and poignant in turns" and earned a Tony award. -
Musical In Theatre
In 1954, Mary was offered the role of Peter in an entirely new musical version of Peter Pan. Mary felt it was the most important thing she wanted to do in theatre, and her autobiography said, "When I was a child I was sure I could Fly. In my dream I often did, and it was always the same; I ran, raised my arms like a great bird, soared into the sky, flew." -
The Set Of Peter Pan's Musical Production
For Mary Peter Pan's musical, she hired an Englishman named Peter Foy, who had learned the trade from his family who had flown across the stage for fifty years. The production was equipped with wires, ropes, pulleys, and machines; he used his trade to establish a flying ballet covering an area of more than sixty feet across the stage and in and out of windows. Peter Pan was a tremendous hit in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1954. -
Mary Being On Television
The closest Mary ever came to preserving her stage performances was her television appearance as Peter Pan. The Broadway production from 1954 was performed on NBC television in RCA's compatible color from 1955, 1956, and 1960. -
Mary Tony Awards
Mary received her first Tony Award for Peter Pan in 1955 and 1956 and an Emmy reward for appearing in the same role on television. Mary also received a Tony award for South Pacific in 1959 for the sound of music. -
Mary Broadcast
In 1957, Mary preserved on-stage performance as Annie Oakley in Annie Get You Gun when NBC television broadcast the production live that year. -
Marry Hall Of Fame
Mary was rewarded with the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1973.
Mary received the Donaldson Award in 1943. For Touch of Venus. Mary also earned a special Tony Award in 1948 for appearing in the national touring company 'Annie Get Your Gun' for "spreading theatre to the rest of the country while the originals perform New York." -
Mary Car Crash
On September 5, 1982, Mary Janet Gaynor. Gaynor's husband, Paul Gregory, and Mary's manager, Ben Washer, were involved in a severe car crash in San Francisco. On Franklin Street, a car crashed into the Luxor Taxicab where the group was riding, knocking into a tree. Ben was killed, and Mary sustained two broken pelvis. Janet's husband suffered two broken legs. Jenet sustained several serious injuries. -
More To Of What Happen With The Car Crash
The van driver who got Mary in a car crash got arrested for drunk driving, reckless driving, running a red light, and vehicular homicide. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Janet died two years later from complications from her injuries. -
Citation Resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Martin
https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002494/Mary-Martin.html
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Martin-28095
https://www.factmonster.com/people/who2-biography/mary-martin#:~:text=Mary%20Martin%20was%2016%20when,%2C%20Heller%20Halliday%2C%20in%201941…
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/martin-mary-virginia