Mary Martin
Mary Martin
Mary Virginia Martinwas an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career, including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth1 December 1913
CityWeatherford, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. ... They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.
After 60, its just patch, patch, patch
When you love others you aren't nervous.
There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. This is the world in which the artist operates and for him words can be dangerous unless they are examined in the light of the work. The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.
There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.
Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.
Neverland is the way I would like real life to be ... timeless, free, mischievous, filled with gaiety, tenderness, and magic.
Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look.
I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn't enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.
Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do creating.
Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.
Wishes are thoughts vibrant with life and eager for action.