Martha Stewart

Martha Ruth Stewart Shelley ( Haworth; October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021), better known as Martha Stewart, was an American actress. She was noted for playing Mildred Atkinson in In a Lonely Place alongside Humphrey Bogart.

Early life Stewart was born in Bardwell, Kentucky, on October 7, 1922. Her family relocated to Brooklyn during her childhood. She attended New Utrecht High School, graduating in 1939. As a construction engineer, her father moved from one city to another when new projects arose, so that the family had "a relatively nomadic existence" during Stewart's younger days.

When Marion Hutton left Glenn Miller's orchestra to have a baby, Stewart was selected as her replacement via an audition. Hutton's return would have left Stewart without a job, but Miller arranged for her to sing with Claude Thornhill's orchestra. Following the disbanding of Thornhill's orchestra, she was a featured soloist on radio on Your All-Time Hit Parade. After 13 weeks on that program she sang for 16 weeks at the Copacabana night club, which led to her being discovered by a scout for 20th Century Fox and signing with that studio. She was recruited by a Hollywood talent scout after an appearance at the Stork Club in Manhattan. the marriage ended in divorce in 1948. Her second marriage was to actor-comedian George O'Hanlon from 1949 to 1952. She married her third and final husband David Shelley in 1955; they remained married until his death in 1982. Frankie Porter 1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home Soubrette 1964 Surf Party as Secretary

The Red Skelton Show – Episode #4.8 (1954) Those Two – Co-Host (1952–1953) Cavalcade of Stars – Episode #3.16 (1951)

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