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Mary Martin (I) (1913–1990)


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In 1986-1987, while in her 70s, she toured in the play "Legends" with Carol Channing, which is chronicled in an excellent, highly amusing book "Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing" by James Kirkwood Jr. (Pulitzer Prize winning author of the Broadway play and source material for the film A Chorus Line)... See more trivia »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (17 titles)
1985 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)
Zora Hardcastle
Hardcastle, Hardcastle, Hardcastle and McCormick (1985) … Zora Hardcastle
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Hannah Harvey
 
1979 Valentine (TV movie)
Gracie Schwartz
 
1960 Peter Pan (TV movie)
Peter Pan
 
1959 Music with Mary Martin (TV movie)
 
1957 Annie Get Your Gun (TV movie)
Annie Oakley
 
1956 Born Yesterday (TV movie)
Billie Dawn
 
1955-1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Peter Pan / Sabina
Peter Pan (1956) … Peter Pan
The Skin of Our Teeth (1955) … Sabina
Peter Pan (1955) … Peter Pan
 
1943 True to Life
Bonnie Porter
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky
Marjory Stuart
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Mary Martin - Hit the Road to Dreamland Number
 
1941 New York Town
Alexandra Curtis
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Betty Lou Cobb
 
1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Cindy Lou Bethany
 
1940 Love Thy Neighbor
Mary Allen
 
1940 Rhythm on the River
Cherry Lane
 
1939 The Great Victor Herbert
Louise Hall
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "The Waiter, the Porter and the Upstairs Maid")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "That's for Me" - uncredited, "Only Forever" - uncredited)
 
1994 Only You (performer: "Some Enchanted Evening")
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
So Help Me Hannah/The Maid Cleans Up/C.P.R, I.O.U. (1983) (performer: "It's De-Lovely")
 
1967 The 21st Annual Tony Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Nobody's Perfect")
 
1960 Peter Pan (TV movie) (performer: "I Gotta Crow", "Never-Never Land", "I'm Flying", "Wendy", "I Won't Grow Up", "O My Mysterious Lady", "Ugg-a-Wugg", "Distant Melody", "I Gotta Crow" reprise, "Finale: Never-Never Land")
 
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Together with Music (1955) (performer: "Together with Music" - uncredited, "I Only Have Eyes for You" - uncredited, "I Get a Kick out of You" - uncredited, "Les filles de Cadix The Maids of Cadiz" - uncredited, "Ninety Minutes Is a Long, Long Time" - uncredited, "Dites-moi" - uncredited, "The Cockeyed Optimist" - uncredited, "Some Enchanted Evening" - uncredited, "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" - uncredited, "A Wonderful Guy" - uncredited, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - uncredited, "London Pride" - uncredited, "Get Out Those Old Records" - uncredited, "They Didn't Believe Me" - uncredited, "'S Wonderful" - uncredited, "Time on My Hands" - uncredited, "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - uncredited, "Anything Goes" - uncredited, "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited, "Ballerina" - uncredited, "I Won't Dance" - uncredited, "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?" - uncredited)
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie) (performer: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair", "Wedding Proposal Scene")
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway (performer: "There's Music in You")
 
1946 Night and Day (performer: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1943 True to Life (performer: "Mister Pollyanna")
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky (performer: "Happy Go Lucky", "Let's Get Lost", "Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é" - uncredited)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "Hit the Road to Dreamland")
 
1941 Birth of the Blues (performer: "Waiting at the Church" - uncredited, "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" - uncredited, "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" - uncredited, "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid")
 
1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye (performer: "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By", "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", "Find Yourself a Melody", "My Start", "Ma Curly Headed Babby" - uncredited)
 
1940 Love Thy Neighbor (performer: "My Heart Belongs To Daddy")
 
1940 Rhythm on the River (performer: "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" - uncredited, "Ain't It a Shame About Mame" - uncredited, "Only Forever" - uncredited, "That's for Me" - uncredited)
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel (performer: "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915 / "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1938 The Shopworn Angel (singing double: Margaret Sullavan - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
1991 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1988 A Salute to Broadway: Showstoppers (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987 The 41st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1986 Josh, the Logan Legend (documentary)
Herself
 
1981-1986 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
Irving Berlin's America (1986) … Herself
 
1985 The 39th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter & Performer
 
1985 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (TV documentary)
Herself, host
 
1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point (TV special)
Herself
 
1979-1983 Over Easy (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 July 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 December 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Just a Nimmo (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.6 (1977) … Herself
 
1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)
Herself
 
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Mary Martin (1972) … Herself
 
1967 The 21st Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1966 Mary Martin at Eastertime (TV movie)
Herself
 
1966 Mary Martin: Hello, Dolly! Round the World (TV documentary)
Herself / Dolly Levi / Narrator
 
1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 25 September 1964 (1964) … Herself - Guest
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Herself
 
1959 Magic with Mary Martin (TV movie)
Herself / Cinderella / Peter Pan
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.30 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Herself
Together with Music (1955) … Herself
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself - Actress
Episode #1.31 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway
Herself
 
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1946 Night and Day
Herself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Herself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Fashion Horizons (documentary short)
Herself, Co-Starred in Paramount's "Love Thy Neighbor"
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990-2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
1998-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 A Bing Crosby Christmas (video documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Only You
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Trivia:

In 1986-1987, while in her 70s, she toured in the play "Legends" with Carol Channing, which is chronicled in an excellent, highly amusing book "Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing" by James Kirkwood Jr. (Pulitzer Prize winning author of the Broadway play and source material for the film A Chorus Line)... See more »

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