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Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. [1]

87 relations: American Theater Hall of Fame, Anápolis, Ancestry.com, Annie Get Your Gun (musical), Billboard (magazine), Bing Crosby, Birth of the Blues, Broadway theatre, Carol Channing, Cary Grant, CBS, Cole Porter, Connee Boswell, Emmy Award, Fanny Brice, Finishing school, Fox Theatre (San Francisco), General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Globe Gazette, Gypsy Rose Lee, Happy Go Lucky (1943 film), Hello, Dolly! (musical), Hollywood, I Do! I Do! (musical), Indian Love Call, James Kirkwood Jr., Janet Gaynor, Jennie (musical), Kennedy Center Honors, Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Kraft Music Hall, Kurt Weill, Larry Hagman, Leave It to Me!, Legends!, Lillian Faderman, Los Angeles, Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film), Lute song, Lute Song (musical), Main Street to Broadway, Margaret Sullavan, Mineral Wells, Texas, Muses, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Nashville, Tennessee, NBC, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Town, ..., New York World-Telegram, Night and Day (1946 film), One Touch of Venus, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific 1860, Paul Gregory (producer), Peter Pan (1954 musical), Philip Morris Playhouse, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, Producers' Showcase, Rancho Mirage, California, RCA, Rhythm on the River, Richard Watts Jr., Robert Preston (actor), Roberta, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Ruby Keeler, San Francisco, South Pacific (musical), Star Spangled Rhythm, Tennessee, Texas, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), The Great Victor Herbert, The Rage of Paris, The Shopworn Angel, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Sound of Music, Time (magazine), Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, True to Life (film), University of Oklahoma Press, Ward–Belmont College, Weatherford, Texas, West End theatre. Expand index (37 more) »

American Theater Hall of Fame

The American Theater Hall of Fame in New York City was founded in 1972.

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Anápolis

Anápolis is a Brazilian municipality of the State of Goiás.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Annie Get Your Gun (musical)

Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues is a 1941 American musical film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Mary Martin and Brian Donlevy.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Carol Channing

Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Connee Boswell

Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976) was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Fanny Brice

Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice, was an American illustrated song model, comedienne, singer, theater, and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show.

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Finishing school

A finishing school is a school for young people that focuses on teaching social graces and upper-class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society.

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Fox Theatre (San Francisco)

The Fox Theatre was a 4,651 seat movie palace located at 1350 Market Street in San Francisco, California.

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General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein

General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein is a two-hour TV special broadcast live on March 28, 1954, on all four major TV networks of the time, DuMont, CBS, NBC, and ABC.

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Globe Gazette

The Globe Gazette, known locally as the Globe, is a daily morning newspaper published in Mason City, Iowa in the United States.

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Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act.

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Happy Go Lucky (1943 film)

Happy Go Lucky is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and written by Walter DeLeon, Melvin Frank, John Jacoby and Norman Panama.

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Hello, Dolly! (musical)

Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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I Do! I Do! (musical)

I Do! I Do! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt which is based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter.

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Indian Love Call

"Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call") is a popular song from Rose-Marie, a 1924 operetta-style Broadway musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II.

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James Kirkwood Jr.

James Kirkwood Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright, author and actor.

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Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress and painter.

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Jennie (musical)

Jennie is a musical with a book by Arnold Schulman, music by Arthur Schwartz, and lyrics by Howard Dietz, and starred Mary Martin.

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Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture (although recipients do not need to be U.S. citizens).

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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1941 comedy film based on a play by Clare Boothe Luce which was inspired by the search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of Gone with the Wind.

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Kraft Music Hall

The Kraft Music Hall was a popular old-time radio variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, which aired first on NBC radio from 1933 to 1949.

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Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.

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Larry Hagman

Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director and producer best known for playing ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and befuddled astronaut Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

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Leave It to Me!

Leave It to Me! is a 1938 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

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Legends!

Legends! is a comedic play written by James Kirkwood, Jr. It toured the United States with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in 1986, but never had a production on Broadway.

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Lillian Faderman

Lillian Faderman (born July 18, 1940) is an American historian whose books on lesbian history and LGBT history have earned critical praise and awards.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film)

Love Thy Neighbor is a film produced by Paramount in 1940 which starred Jack Benny and Fred Allen, directed by Mark Sandrich.

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Lute song

The lute song was a generic form of music in the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras, generally consisting of a singer accompanying himself on a lute, though lute songs may often have been performed by a singer and a separate lutenist.

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Lute Song (musical)

Lute Song is a 1946 American musical with a book by Sidney Howard and Will Irwin, music by Raymond Scott, and lyrics by Bernard Hanighen.

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Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway is a 1953 light drama-comedy film by independent producer Lester Cowan, his final credit, in collaboration with The Council of the Living Theatre, which provided tie-up with a number of well-known Broadway names.

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Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American actress of stage and film.

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Mineral Wells, Texas

Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Muses

The Muses (/ˈmjuːzɪz/; Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, Moũsai) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology.

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy

"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1938 musical Leave It to Me! which premiered on November 9, 1938.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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New York Town

New York Town is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff, and Robert Preston.

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New York World-Telegram

The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1867 to 1966.

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Night and Day (1946 film)

Night and Day is a 1946 Technicolor Warner Bros. biographical musical film starring Cary Grant as American composer and songwriter Cole Porter.

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One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus is a musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the novella The Tinted Venus by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and very loosely spoofing the Pygmalion myth.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.

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Pacific 1860

Pacific 1860 is a musical written by Noël Coward.

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Paul Gregory (producer)

Paul Gregory (August 27, 1920 – December, 2015) was an American film, theatre and television producer.

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Peter Pan (1954 musical)

Peter Pan is a musical based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy.

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Philip Morris Playhouse

Philip Morris Playhouse is a 30-minute old-time radio dramatic anthology series.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).

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Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC.

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Rancho Mirage, California

Rancho Mirage is a resort city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919.

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Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River is a 1940 musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin as ghostwriters whose songs are credited to a composer played by Basil Rathbone.

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Richard Watts Jr.

Richard Watts Jr. (1898–1981) was an American theatre critic.

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Robert Preston (actor)

Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor best remembered for originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation; the film earned him his first of two Golden Globe Award nominations.

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Roberta

Roberta is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach.

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Rodgers and Hammerstein

Rodgers and Hammerstein refers to composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together were an influential, innovative and successful American musical theatre writing team.

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Ruby Keeler

Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) billed professionally as Ruby Keeler, was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer most famous for her on-screen pairing with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933).

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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South Pacific (musical)

South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan.

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Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm is a 1942 American all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.

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The Great Victor Herbert

The Great Victor Herbert is a 1939 American musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone.

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The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris is a 1938 American comedy film made by Universal Pictures.

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The Shopworn Angel

The Shopworn Angel is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Walter Pidgeon.

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The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth is a play by Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival.

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True to Life (film)

True to Life is a 1943 film directed by George Marshall.

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University of Oklahoma Press

The University of Oklahoma Press (OU Press) is the publishing arm of the University of Oklahoma.

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Ward–Belmont College

Ward–Belmont College was a women's college, also known at the time as a "ladies' seminary," located in Nashville, Tennessee on the grounds of the antebellum estate of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham.

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Weatherford, Texas

Weatherford is a city in and the seat of Parker County, Texas, United States.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Martin

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