Main Post Cemetery in Fort Liberty, North Carolina
Occupation(s)
Actress, singer, comedian
Years active
1934–1989
Spouses
Bud Westmore
(m. 1937; div. 1937)
David Rose
(m. 1938; div. 1941)
Neal Lang
(m. 1941; div. 1944)
Nick Condos
(m. 1944; div. 1953)
Edward T. Begley
(m. 1954; div. 1956)
Robert O'Shea
(m. 1956; div. 1960)
Mark Harris
(m. 1991)
Children
1
Martha Raye (born Margy Reed; August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including on Broadway.[1]
She was honored in 1969 at the Academy Awards as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.
^Van Gelder, Lawrence (20 October 1994). "Martha Raye, 78, Singer And Comic Actress, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
MarthaRaye (born Margy Reed; August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in...
machinations of the talent-challenged Benita Bizarre, played by comedian MarthaRaye. The show takes place in the fantasy setting of Tranquility Forest. The...
inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes MarthaRaye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash. In the film, a bank teller is fired...
College Swing, a 1938 musical comedy starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, MarthaRaye, and Bob Hope. He appeared as a police officer in the Elvis Presley comedy...
careers in show business. That year, he guest-starred on NBC's sitcom The MarthaRaye Show. Lynde returned to Broadway in 1960 when he was cast as Harry MacAfee...
and Myrna Loy, who won a lifetime achievement Academy Award in 1991. MarthaRaye was an entertainer who was a strong supporter of, and much beloved by...
(1938) (with W. C. Fields and MarthaRaye) as Buzz Fielding College Swing (1938) (with George Burns, Gracie Allen, MarthaRaye, and Betty Grable) as Bud Brady...
American comedy-drama musical film starring Kay Francis, Carole Landis, MarthaRaye and Mitzi Mayfair as themselves, reenacting their USO tour of Europe...
budget quasi-biopic, the film is fiction. However, actress and singer MarthaRaye believed that Midler's character was based on many widely known facts...
Pleshette Mala Powers Stefanie Powers Charley Pride Penelope Plummer MarthaRaye Debbie Reynolds Roy Rogers Jill St. John Nancy Sinatra Roger Smith Hank...
musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, MarthaRaye, and Shirley Ross. Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged...
boxer/actor Rocky Graziano used the term in the original sense for NBC's The MarthaRaye Show. In the Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special NBC TV program...
Gracie Allen MarthaRaye Bob Hope Edward Everett Horton Give Me a Sailor 1938 Nancy Larkin Elliott Nugent Bob Hope Jack Whiting MarthaRaye Campus Confessions...
film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, MarthaRaye, and Bob Hope. The supporting cast features Edward Everett Horton, Ben...
popular 1944 film, Four Jills in a Jeep, with a cavalcade of stars and MarthaRaye and Mitzi Mayfair joining Landis and Francis to fill out the complement...
Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Dinah Shore, Phyllis Diller and MarthaRaye, to honorary membership. In May 2023, it was reported that the club was...
first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡). MarthaRaye Walter Matthau presented John Chambers his award for outstanding makeup...
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