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4 unusual facts about Mary Martin


Gillian Wise

She studied art at the Wimbledon and Central schools of Art and early in the 1950s became the youngest member of the Constructionist group, centred around Victor Pasmore and including Adrian Heath, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, and Mary Martin.

Kenneth MacKenna

Mary Martin, who starred in that production, created an embroidered signature scarf of all the stars in that first production of South Pacific and presented it as a gift of thanks to Kenneth and Mary.

Little Nipper

One of these featured four songs from the cast album of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin.

Loring Smith

He also appeared on the West End stage in London, starring opposite Mary Martin in the original London production of Hello, Dolly! (itself based on Wilder's The Matchmaker), which opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 2 December 1965.


Donald Saddler

Sadler has directed Together on Broadway: Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, George Abbott: Celebration, and I Hear Music of Frank Loesser and Friends, a concert featuring the composer's widow, Jo Sullivan.

Kathleen Nolan

She played Wendy in the original Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, and in the first two live telecasts (1955 and 1956) of the musical, but she spent most of her career on television.

Lawrence Alloway

In his 1954 book Nine Abstract Artists he promoted the Constructivist artists that emerged in Britain after the Second World War: Robert Adams, Terry Frost, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Roger Hilton, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore and William Scott.

Missionary Sisters of St. Columban

Among them was Lady Frances Moloney, a widow, Mary Martin, who had gained nursing experience on the battle lines of Somme, and Agnes Ryan, a schoolteacher.

Paris Theodore

As a child, Theodore appeared as “Nibs” in NBC’s 1955 broadcast of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin.


see also

I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy

They introduced it to Mary Martin one night when they were at Joshua Logan's house fine-tuning the script.

Marya Martin

Born Mary Martin in New Zealand, Martin studied at the University of Auckland, where she had lessons with Richard Giese, then principal flute in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

May Maxwell

Mary Ellis Bolles was born to John Bolles and Mary Martin Bolles, in Englewood, New Jersey.

The Club Is Alive

Its lyrics sample "The Sound of Music", composed by Richard Rodgers, to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and originally performed by Mary Martin in the stage musical of the same name, but was later popularised by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.