ACTOR

Mary Martin

1913 - 1990

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Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), the title character in Peter Pan (1954), and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Martin has received more than 1,870,256 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mary Martin is the 5,070th most popular actor (down from 4,576th in 2019), the 7,388th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,827th in 2019) and the 2,279th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 47.02

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mary Martin ranks 5,070 out of 13,578. Before her are Pat O'Brien, Medea Japaridze, Gong Hyo-jin, Diana Barrymore, Isabelle Carré, and Milly D'Abbraccio. After her are Nicholas Gonzalez, Shirley Douglas, Gustaw Holoubek, Jack Weston, Franca Valeri, and Rick Yune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mary Martin ranks 279. Before her are Zezé Procópio, Qiao Guanhua, Ken Carpenter, Guillermo Haro, William J. Casey, and Tony Zale. After her are Giovanni Valetti, Robert Strauss, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Cornelius Johnson, Aleksanteri Saarvala, and Kalervo Toivonen. Among people deceased in 1990, Mary Martin ranks 226. Before her are Adri van Male, Gary Merrill, Chiara Badano, Gino Cappello, Maurice Cloche, and Tibor Berczelly. After her are Harry Klinefelter, Joe Mercer, Leonid Trauberg, Allen Collins, Ina Balin, and Cazuza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Martin ranks 7,388 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert A. Taft (1889), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Richard Powers (1957), Janet Moreau (1927), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Jim Wetherbee (1952). After her are Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Oliver Nelson (1932), Jack Weston (1924), Rick Yune (1971), and Loretta Devine (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mary Martin ranks 2,279. Before her are Jean Stapleton (1923), Alexandra Paul (1963), Ned Luke (1958), Harvey Fierstein (1954), Pat O'Brien (1899), and Diana Barrymore (1921). After her are Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), Jack Weston (1924), Rick Yune (1971), Loretta Devine (1949), Missi Pyle (1972), and Melina Kanakaredes (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
This musical version of the tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up aired live on television on March 7, 1955. It was so popular that it was restaged the following year, and again four years later.
Mar 7th 19556.1 / 10
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael and John Darling. With a sprinkling of pixie dust, Peter and his new friends fly out the nursery window and over London to Never-Never Land. The children experience many wonderful and exciting adventures with the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily's Indian tribe, and Peter's arch enemy the dastardly pirate Captain Hook.
Dec 8th 19606.658 / 10
Birth of the Blues
Betty Lou Cobb
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
Nov 7th 19415.3 / 10