The first Nellie Forbush in South Pacific. The first Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. The first to sing My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Peter Pan. Larry Hagman's Mum...
Today is the centenary of the multi-talented, multi-award-winning singer and actress Mary Martin!
To celebrate, here is a little gem - Miss Martin's bittersweet duet with Robert Preston at the 1967 Tony Awards. It's Nobody's Perfect from I Do! I Do!:
Magnificent...
Mary Virginia Martin (1st December 1913 - 3rd November 1990)
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