Martha Raye

Movie Actress

Birthday August 27, 1916

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Butte, MT

DEATH DATE Oct 19, 1994 (78)

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About

Lively movie star who entertained the troops with Bob Hope and appeared in Monsieur Verdoux in 1947 and The Concorde...Airport '79 in 1979.

Before Fame

She appeared in her parents' Vaudeville acts when she was three years old.

Trivia

She earned the nickname The Big Mouth while entertaining U.S. troops, but not for her talkativeness - it was meant literally.

Family Life

She married seven times. She had a child in 1944 with her fourth husband, Nick Condos.

Associated With

She made her film debut alongside Bing Crosby.