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Martha Raye

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Biography

Martha Raye made her debut on stage at the ripe old age of three. Her larger than life personna endeared her to audiences and…more

Born

8/27/1916, Butte, Montana

Birth Name

Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- McMillan & Wife
  Agatha
  - S 6: Ep 6 Have You Heard About Vanessa?
    4/24/77
  - S 6: Ep 5 Affair of the Heart
    3/20/77
  - S 5: Ep 6 Greed
    2/15/76
  - S 4: Ep 5 Night Train to L.A.
    1/19/75
- McMillan
  Agatha
  - S 1: Ep 6 Have You Heard About Vanessa?
    4/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Affairs of the Heart
    3/20/77
  - S 1: Ep 4 Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    1/30/77
  - S 1: Ep 3 Phillip's Game
    1/23/77
  - S 1: Ep 2 Dark Sunrise
    1/2/77
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Bugaloos
  Benita Bizarre
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Good Old Days
    1/2/71
  - S 1: Ep 16 Benita the Beautiful
    12/26/70
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Bugaloos Bugaboo
    12/19/70
  - S 1: Ep 14 On a Clear Day
    12/12/70
  - S 1: Ep 13 Lady, You Don't Look 80
    12/5/70
  - + 12 More Credits
- Club Oasis
  Herself/Hostess
  - S 1: Ep 15 May 10, 1958
    5/10/58
- The Martha Raye Show
  Host/Star
  - S 3: Ep 13 May 29, 1956
    5/29/56
  - S 3: Ep 12 May 8, 1956
    5/8/56
  - S 3: Ep 11 April 17, 1956
    4/17/56
  - S 3: Ep 10 March 27, 1956
    3/27/56
  - S 3: Ep 9 March 6, 1956
    3/6/56
  - + 23 More Credits
- Four Star Revue
  Host/Performer
  - S 4: Ep 4 December 26, 1953
    12/28/53
  - S 4: Ep 2 October 31, 1953
    10/31/53
  - S 4: Ep 1 October 3, 1953
    10/3/53
  - S 3: Ep 25 February 21, 1953
    2/21/53
  - S 3: Ep 20 January 17, 1953
    1/17/53
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 7 11/15/1953
    10/15/53
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Alice (1985)
  Carrie Sharples
  - S 8: Ep 17 Dollars to Donuts
    3/11/84
  - S 8: Ep 14 Lies My Mother Told Me
    1/29/84
  - S 8: Ep 6 The Over-the-Hill Girls
    11/6/83
  - S 7: Ep 15 Come Back Little Sharples
    4/17/83
  - S 7: Ep 7 Carrie on the Rebound
    1/9/83
  - + 7 More Credits
- McMillan & Wife
  Agatha
  - S 6: Ep 4 Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    1/30/77
  - S 6: Ep 3 Phillip's Game
    1/23/77
  - S 6: Ep 2 Dark Sunrise
    1/2/77
  - S 6: Ep 1 All Bets Off
    12/5/76
Guest Star (43)

Role
- Biography
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 46 Martha Raye: In Love and War
    10/9/99
- Murder, She Wrote
  Sadie Winthrop
  - S 1: Ep 20 Armed Response
    3/31/85
- Circus of the Stars
  Ringmaster
  - S 1: Ep 7 SPECIAL #7
    12/5/82
- The Love Boat
  Zelda
  - S 5: Ep 13 He's My Brother/Zeke and Zelda/Teach Me Tonight
    12/5/81
- The Love Boat
  Irene Austin
  - S 2: Ep 15 Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene
    1/13/79
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 71 December 22, 1977
    12/22/77
- Alice (1985)
  Carrie Sharples
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 22 October 2, 1973
    10/2/73
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 46 December 22, 1972
    12/22/72
- The Red Skelton Show
  Clara Appleby
  - S 20: Ep 20 Appleby's Garage Sale
    2/13/71
- Kraft Music Hall
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 30 Martha Raye / Phil Harris / Sandie Shaw
    6/24/70
- The Barbara McNair Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 7 October 26, 1969
    10/26/69
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 8 October 20-24, 1969
    10/20/69
  - S 3: Ep 26 February 17-21, 1969
    2/17/69
  - S 3: Ep 6 September 30-October 4, 1968
    9/30/68
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 17, 1969
    10/17/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 185 May 23, 1969
    5/23/69
  - S 7: Ep 184 May 22, 1969
    5/22/69
  - S 7: Ep 183 May 21, 1969
    5/21/69
  - S 7: Ep 182 May 20, 1969
    5/20/69
  - S 7: Ep 181 Week of May 19, 1969
    5/19/69
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 19: Ep 7 February 17, 1969
    2/17/69
  - S 16: Ep 5 February 16, 1966
    2/16/66
  - S 15: Ep 3 December 18, 1964
    12/18/64
  - S 14: Ep 6 April 17, 1964
    4/17/64
  - S 14: Ep 2 October 25, 1963
    10/25/63
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 110 February 5, 1969
    2/5/69
  - S 3: Ep 3 September 4, 1968
    9/4/68
  - S 2: Ep 130 March 20, 1968
    3/20/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 4 September 12, 1968
    9/12/68
  - S 6: Ep 249 August 29, 1968
    8/29/68
  - S 10: Ep 26 Week of October 4, 1971
    10/4/71
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 10 with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye
    11/20/67
- The Jerry Lewis Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 September 19, 1967
    9/19/67
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 22 April 18, 1966
    4/18/66
  - S 1: Ep 23 March 7, 1963
    3/7/63
  - S 1: Ep 19 February 7, 1963
    2/7/63
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 18, 1962
    10/18/62
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself, host
  - S 3: Ep 27 Host: Martha Raye / Chad and Jeremy
    4/2/66
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 23 Host: Milton Berle / Adam West
    3/5/66
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 96 EPISODE
    3/25/65
  - S 5: Ep 92 EPISODE
    2/25/65
- Burke's Law
  Beulah Brothers
  - S 2: Ep 21 Who Killed the Fat Cat?
    2/10/65
- The Red Skelton Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 6 Martha Raye
    10/27/64
- The Perry Como Show
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 5 March 5, 1964
    3/5/64
  - S 14: Ep 3 October 18, 1961
    10/18/61
  - S 13: Ep 33 May 24, 1961
    5/24/61
  - S 13: Ep 28 April 19, 1961
    4/19/61
  - S 13: Ep 25 March 22, 1961
    3/22/61
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Herself
- The Red Skelton Show
  Cleopatra
  - S 12: Ep 14 Of Mouth and Men
    1/1/63
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 19 October 30, 1961
    10/30/61
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 26 Charles Laughton; Martha Raye; Mark Murphy
    4/18/60
  - S 5: Ep 20 Maurice Evans; Martha Raye; Johnny Desmond; Tom Poston
    2/22/60
  - S 4: Ep 20 Martha Raye; Carl Ballantine; Danny Staton; Woody Herman
    2/1/59
  - S 4: Ep 9 Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Singers; Johnny Carson; Martha Raye
    11/9/58
  - S 3: Ep 36 Henry Fonda; Mel Torme; Martha Raye; Terry Gibbs; Shari Lewis; Gus Bivona; Mundell Lowe
    6/1/58
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Garry Moore Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 27 April 14, 1959
    4/14/59
  - S 1: Ep 10 December 9, 1958
    12/9/58
- The Patrice Munsel Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 22 March 14, 1958
    3/14/58
- The Big Record
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 24 March 5, 1958
    3/5/58
- Washington Square
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 2/10/1957
    2/10/57
  - S 1: Ep 3 11/18/1956
    11/18/56
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 7: Ep 15 EPISODE #288
    12/11/55
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 20 6/14/1955
    6/14/55
  - S 3: Ep 5 10/17/1950
    10/17/50
  - S 2: Ep 38 6/6/1950
    6/6/50
- Texaco Star Theater
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 4 11/2/1954
    11/2/54
  - S 6: Ep 10 1/5/1954
    1/5/54
  - S 6: Ep 6 11/10/1953
    11/10/53
  - S 5: Ep 1 9/16/1952
    9/16/52
  - S 3: Ep 18 1/16/1951
    1/16/51
  - + 4 More Credits
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 7 October 15, 1954
    10/15/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 11 12/13/1953
    11/13/53
- Arthur Murray Party
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 18 Mary Raye and Naldi; Ken Whitmer; Bill Norvas
    2/11/51
- Musical Comedy Time
  Reno Sweeney
  - S 1: Ep 1 Anything Goes
    10/2/50

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- Martha had 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one was at 6547 Hollywood Blvd. and was for television, the other was at 6251 Hollywood Blvd. and was for motion pictures.
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- Martha was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
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- Martha had a brother named Bud and a sister named Melodye.
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Quotes
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- Martha: Only cowards give up the search for happiness because they're afraid of getting hurt.
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- Martha: I didn't have to work till I was three. But after that, I never stopped.
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