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Martha Raye is a Actor American born on 27 august 1916 at Butte (USA)

Martha Raye

Martha Raye
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Birth name Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed, Margy Redd
Nationality USA
Birth 27 august 1916 at Butte (USA)
Death 19 october 1994 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom

Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including Broadway.
She was honored in 1969 with an Academy Award as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.

Biography

Raye's personal life was complex and emotionally tumultuous. She was married seven times.

Raye was a devout Methodist who regularly attended church, read the Bible daily, and even taught Sunday school classes.

She was married to Hamilton "Buddy" Westmore from May 30, 1937, until September 1937, filing for divorce on the basis of extreme cruelty; to composer-conductor David Rose from October 8, 1938 to May 19, 1941; to Neal Lang from May 25, 1941 to February 3, 1944; to Nick Condos from February 22, 1944 to June 17, 1953; to Edward T. Begley from April 21, 1954 to October 6, 1956; to Robert O'Shea from November 7, 1956 to December 1, 1960; and to Mark Harris from September 25, 1991 until her death in 1994. She had one child, a daughter, Melodye Condos (born July 26, 1944), with fourth husband Condos.

Politically, Raye was conservative, affirming her political views by informing an interviewer, "I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today."


Death
Her final years were plagued by ill health. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease and had lost both legs in 1993 from poor circulation. While in poor health and resting in the hospital bed that had to be placed in her home, Martha and husband Mark Harris moved into a hotel after their home was completely destroyed by the 1994 earthquake. Raye died in Los Angeles at 78 of pneumonia on October 19, 1994, after a long history of cardiovascular disease.

In appreciation of her work with the USO during World War II and subsequent wars, special consideration was given to bury her in Arlington National Cemetery on her death, but on her request, she was buried with full military honors in the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, post cemetery as an honorary colonel in the U.S. Marines and an honorary lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. She is the only civilian buried at this location who receives military honors each Veterans' Day.

Raye has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — one for motion pictures at 6251 Hollywood Boulevard and the other for television at 6547 Hollywood Blvd.

Best films

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
(Actress)
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
(Actress)

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(11 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(10 films)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
(7 films)
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Martha Raye (30 films)

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Actress

Alice in Wonderland, 3h7
Directed by Harry Harris
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons, Anthony Newley, Sheila Mathews Allen, Jayne Meadows, Carol Channing
Roles The Duchess
Rating77% 3.899543.899543.899543.899543.89954
The first part opens with Alice (Natalie Gregory) helping Mother (Sheilla Allen) set the table for tea time. Although thankful for her daughter's help, Mother tells Alice that she is still not grown-up enough to join the adults at tea. Alice goes outside to see her sister (played by Gregory's real-life older sister Sharee Gregory), but gets bored of reading a book with no pictures. Her sister tells her that she will understand when she grows up, but Alice thinks she is already grown up (after all, she's seven and a half).
The Concorde... Airport '79, 2h3
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, George Kennedy, Eddie Albert
Roles Loretta
Rating44% 2.2069152.2069152.2069152.2069152.206915
Kevin Harrison (Robert Wagner), a corrupt arms dealer, attempts to destroy an American-owned Concorde on its maiden flight after one of the passengers, reporter Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely), learns of his weapons sales to communist countries during the Cold War.
Pufnstuf
Pufnstuf (1970)
, 1h38
Directed by John Hollingsworth Morse
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Cass Elliot, Billy Barty, Walker Edmiston
Roles Boss Witch
Rating64% 3.2441353.2441353.2441353.2441353.244135
Jimmy (Jack Wild) gets kicked out of the school band for a tripping and breaking a drum kit. He then ventures on a journey with his newly magical talking flute, Freddy. Orchestrated by Witchiepoo, (Billie Hayes) he ends up on an evil boat which takes him to Living Island, an island where everything is alive. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo is determined to steal Freddy the Flute away from him in order to impress the visiting Witches' Council and the Boss Witch (Martha Raye) enough to win the Witch of the Year Award.
Billy Rose's Jumbo, 2h3
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about music and musicians, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger, Lynn Wood
Roles Lulu
Rating60% 3.0482353.0482353.0482353.0482353.048235
The Wonder Circus comes to a town in the Midwest with its featured attraction, Jumbo the elephant. Pop Wonder owns the circus, but his continued gambling losses in crap games leaves him (and the circus) with an ever-growing number of IOUs.
Monsieur Verdoux, 2h4
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martha Raye, William Frawley, Charlie Chaplin, Isobel Elsom, Edna Purviance, Fritz Leiber
Roles Annabella Bonheur
Rating77% 3.898823.898823.898823.898823.89882
Henri Verdoux had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off. To support his wife and child, he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows. The Couvais family becomes suspicious when Thelma Couvais draws all her money and disappears, only two weeks after marrying a man named "Varnay", whom they only know through a photograph. As Verdoux (Chaplin) prepares to sell the residence of the murdered Thelma, widowed Marie Grosnay visits the residence. Verdoux sees her as another "business" opportunity and attempts to charm her, but she refuses. In the following weeks, Verdoux has a flower girl repeatedly send Grosnay flowers. In need of money to invest, Verdoux, as M. Floray, visits widow Lydia Floray (Hoffman), who complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long. That night, Verdoux murders her for her money.
Pin Up Girl, 1h24
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, John Harvey, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette
Roles Molly McKay
Rating60% 3.0013153.0013153.0013153.0013153.001315
Lorry Jones (Betty Grable) is working as a hostess at the local USO canteen in "Missoula, Missouri," where she performs as a singer and signs photographs of herself for adoring soldiers.
Four Jills in a Jeep, 1h29
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Carole Landis, Juanita Emylyn Pique, John Harvey, Phil Silvers
Roles Martha Raye
Rating61% 3.0982653.0982653.0982653.0982653.098265
L'aventure de quatre artistes féminines venues divertir les troupes américaines pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.
Hellzapoppin', 1h24
Directed by Edward F. Cline, H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Mermaids in film, Musical films
Actors Ole Olsen, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Betty Johnson
Rating73% 3.6925253.6925253.6925253.6925253.692525
La comédie et le film traitent, sur un mode burlesque, des us et coutumes des milieux du spectacle, du théâtre et du cinéma. Ole (Ole Olsen) et Chic (Chic Johnson) ont entrepris de tourner un film mais le producteur impose un coscénariste, Jeff. Ce dernier est amoureux de Kitty, future très riche héritière convoitée par Woody, un jeune homme fortuné. Parallèlement, Betty, la sœur de Chic, s'est éprise d'un prétendu aristocrate russe, un soi-disant comte qui est en fait un vrai prince russe mais se fait passer pour un aventurier. Quimby, un détective, vient se mêler aux divers quiproquos et en provoquer.
Keep 'Em Flying, 1h26
Directed by Arthur Lubin, Ralph Ceder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Dick Foran, Carol Bruce, William B. Davidson
Roles Gloria Phelps / Barbara Phelps
Rating64% 3.2465253.2465253.2465253.2465253.246525
Jinx Roberts (Dick Foran) is a stunt pilot and his assistants are Blackie (Bud Abbott) and Heathcliff (Lou Costello). All three are fired from the carnival and air show that they work for after a disagreement. Jinx decides that he should join the Army Air Corps, so they go to a nightclub to party one last time. While there Jinx falls for the club's singer, Linda Joyce (Carol Bruce). Coincidentally, she becomes a USO hostess at the same Academy that Jinx and her brother Jimmy (Charles Lang) are enrolled at. It turns out that Jinx's instructor, Craig Morrison (William Gargan), was his co-pilot on a commercial airplane years earlier, and the two still hold animosity for each other. Meanwhile, Blackie and Heathcliff join the Air Corps as ground crewman and fall in love with twin USO hostesses (Martha Raye in a dual role).
Louisiana Purchase, 1h38
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irène Bordoni, Dona Drake, Martha Raye
Rating61% 3.0509953.0509953.0509953.0509953.050995
Beaucoup d'efforts sont faits pour compromettre un politicien, un sénateur connu pour être intègre.
Navy Blues
Navy Blues (1941)
, 1h48
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Martha Raye, Herbert Anderson, Jack Carson
Roles Lilibelle Bolton
Rating57% 2.854732.854732.854732.854732.85473
Lilibelle Bolton (Martha Raye) et Margie Jordan (Ann Sheridan) travaillent à Honolulu. Un navire de la Marine transportant Cake O'Hare (Jack Oakie) et l'ex-mari de Lilibelle, Powerhouse Bolton (Jack Haley), arrive au port.
Caught in the Draft, 1h22
Directed by David Butler, Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Nana Bryant, Eddie Bracken, Clarence Kolb
Rating64% 3.243773.243773.243773.243773.24377
Famous Hollywood actor Don Bolton (Hope) is a vain movie star whose biggest fear is to be drafted into the US Army. He definitely lacks the qualities of a good soldier, and he is so afraid of loud noise that he would not last a day in the service, let alone cope with hearing a single gunshot when he is on set shooting a war film at the studio. Colonel Peter Fairbanks (Clarence Kolb) visits the studio set as a consultant for the war film, and with him he has brought his beautiful daughter Antoinett, known as "Tony" (Dorothy Lamour). Don is smitten by Tony, and also realizes that his ticket out of the Army is to marry the colonel’s daughter to avoid the draft.