| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-404) and index. |
| Contents |
"A Star Is Born" -- Finding a Voice -- The Unlikely Movie Star -- A Little Touch of Mary in the Night -- From the Far East to...the Far East -- Mary Got Her Gun -- "Some Enchanted Evenings" -- A New Direction -- "The First Lady of Television" -- By the Skin of Her Teeth -- "Together with Music" -- "Everything Old Is New Again" -- Hail Mary -- "Poor Jenny, Bright as a Penny" -- "The Real Theater of War" -- "Love Isn't Everything" -- Deep in the Heart of...Brazil -- An Icon Speaks -- "Sunnyside Up" -- What Becomes a Legend Least? -- Benefit Mary -- "What a Way to Go!". |
| Summary |
"A biography of the American actress, singer and Broadway star describes her childhood in Texas, her early marriage and subsequently quick divorce and her arrival in New York City, where she became a huge star of the Great White Way,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
Martin, Mary, 1913-1990.
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Singers -- United States -- Biography.
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Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Martin, Mary, 1913-1990. (OCoLC)fst00013988
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Singers. (OCoLC)fst01119301
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781250031754 (hardcover) |
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1250031753 (hardcover) |
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