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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).
2 days ago · Mary Martin, a Grammy-winning talent scout, manager and record executive who helped start the careers of a long list of future legends, including Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell ...
3 days ago · Mary Martin, a Toronto music lover, gained influence in rock and country music over the course of five decades in a male-dominated industry as a key conduit and artist whisperer. Martin died last ...
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. 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.
3 days ago · CANADIAN-BORN, MAJOR MUSIC MATCHMAKER, MARY MARTIN, DIES AT 85. Jul 09, 2024. By Bob Komsic. Share on. Behind many of modern music’s big names stood one woman. A Grammy-winning powerhouse of making connections, who helped kick-start the careers of Van Morrison, Emmylou Harris, The Band and Leonard Cohen — Toronto’s own Mary Martin just ...
Mary Martin (born December 1, 1913, Weatherford, Texas, U.S.—died November 3, 1990, Rancho Mirage, California) was an American singer and actress best known for her work in Broadway musicals.
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).
2 days ago · Music industry executive Mary Martin, instrumental in the careers of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, died July 4 in Nashville.
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 a...
