biography
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Martin, Mary (Virginia)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1913–90)
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| biography:
| Stage and film actress, born in Weatherford, Texas, USA. Beginning with her 1938 debut in Leave It to Me, where she sang the showstopping ‘My Heart Belongs to Daddy’, she was known for her down-to-earth portrayals. She starred in several huge hits, most notably as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), (‘I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair’ and other songs), Peter Pan (1954), and The Sound of Music (1959). |
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