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	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Martha Raye - Main Page
		Martha started her career at the age of three in Vaudeville shows with her parents where she would sing and dance.
		This usually is not a problem but Martha recieved very little schooling and is said to have not been able to read very well, however, this later changed and did not stand in her way.
		She also was given the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the special forces for her dedication to the troops.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2mraye1.htm (242 words)

	Martha Raye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martha Raye was an early television star when that medium was very young; for a while she had her own program, The Martha Raye Show (1954 - 1956) in which she was the lead and her awkward boyfriend was portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano.
		Raye's personal life was complex and emotionally tumultuous in that she was married seven times, with most of her marriages lasting less than two years and her first marriage lasting only three months.
		Raye was deeply patriotic and, thanks to her work with the USO during World War II and subsequent wars, special consideration was given to bury her in Arlington National Cemetery upon her death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martha_Raye (1406 words)

	ALICE - Martha Raye
		Two days after Martha was born, her mother was back doing the act, and Martha began performing in the act when she was three years old.
		Martha Raye was an early television star and briefly had her own program, "The Martha Raye Show." The show lasted only two seasons from 1954-1956.
		Raye's personal life was unsteady as she married seven times throughout her life, with most of her marriages lasting less than two years and her first marriage lasting only three months.
	www.geocities.com /classics4ever/alice/cast/raye/martha.htm (517 words)

	martha raye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Raye’s long history of supporting the military began in 1942 when she asked to go to England to entertain troops before the USO had been organized.
		During the Korean War, Raye was unable to tour with the USO because of health complications from the yellow fever she had contracted in North Africa.
		Raye’s willingness to travel to the "ends of the earth" to see soldiers earned her a special respect from special forces soldiers, who normally operate in small groups in remote locations.
	www.army.mil /soldiers/aug95/p53.html (586 words)

	Martha Raye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Martha Raye (1916-October 19, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Martha decided to hold her troop of entertainers there until the mission was completed so that all could watch her show.
		Miss Raye was an early television star when that medium was very young; for a while she had her own program, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/martha_raye.htm (1628 words)

	Martha Raye @ Filmbug
		Martha Raye (1916-October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and singer in motion pictures and later, on television.
		Miss Raye was an early television star when that medium was very young; for a while she had her own program, The Martha Raye Show, in which she was the lead and her awkward boyfriend was portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano.
		Martha Raye was deeply patriotic and, thanks to her work with the USO during World War II and subsequent wars, special consideration was given to bury her in Arlington National Cemetery upon her death.
	www.filmbug.com /db/344734 (468 words)

	Mark Harris - The Martha Raye Page
		Reed on August 27, 1916 in Butte, Montana, Martha Raye, as the world came to know her, was raised in a Vaudeville family by her parents Pete and Maybelle, along with her brother Bud and sister Melodye.
		Melodye Raye Condos, Martha's then 47-year-old daughter, had begun the legal process of obtaining executor of estate status over her mother's affairs, claiming that Martha, due to illness and age, was incapable of handling them herself.
		Although several people close to Martha had worked tirelessly since 1987 to see that this well-deserved recognition was bestowed upon Martha before her passing, by the time the White House got around to awarding the honor, Martha was already a double amputee, and accepted her medal from a wheelchair.
	www.akamarkharris.com /martha.html (821 words)

	Martha Raye Civilian Warrior
		Martha Raye came in to an ovation, stepped over to the edge and gently but firmly pulled two of us on stage with her.
		In 1993 Martha Raye was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her lifetime service to America.
		She wore the uniform proudly; she wore the uniform in the trenches; she wore the uniform in the mud instead of on stage; and she deserves to be remembered for those fifty years of unique and totally dedicated military service.
	userpages.aug.com /captbarb/mraye.html (561 words)

	The Bugaloos: Martha Raye (Benita Bizarre) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Martha Raye, who played Evil Rock Witch "Benita Bizarre", had an immense career in film and television, both before and after The Bugaloos.
		She even had her own television series, "The Martha Raye Show", in 1955.
		Her acting career aside, she was also a well known supporter of US Troops from World War II to Vietnam; both on stage as an entertainer, and also as a nurse treating patients and assisting in surgery.
	www.bugaloos.com /raye.html (219 words)

	Story of Raye
		This is just one of the many untold stories about Martha Raye – but ask enough Vietnam veterans about her and you will find even more tales of Colonial Maggie.
		Known as "Colonel Maggie of the Boondocks" by her many military friends, Martha Raye (born Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed on August 27, 1916) died October 19, 1994.
		Raye is buried in the military cemetery at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, an exception to policy she requested in 1992.
	www.vietnamexp.com /morestories/MarthaRaye.htm (1266 words)

	Here's Martha Raye : Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Martha Raye was a superb pop-jazz-blues singer, the model for many other artists, most notably and noticeably Anita O´Day.
		Martha Raye possesses a sweet yet strong and swinging voice, and she handles ballads beautifully.
		Martha Raye is a jazz influenced singer with lo´s of pep on the uptempo numbers.
	store.edcal.com /an/B000002Y2H.html (280 words)

	MARTHA RAYE TO BE BURIED AT FORT BRAGG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Raye had entertained troops during World War II and the Korean War as well, but she developed her close relationship with the Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
		Raye was criticized by some Vietnam War opponents who regarded her as too much of a hawk.
		Raye received a special Academy Award in 1969 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom last November for her support of the Army.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941022/10220294.htm (503 words)

	Martha Raye - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		Miss Raye stepped in and, I was later told, was understandably regarded as something of an unwanted intrusion by some of the medical personnel inside.
		I was genuinely impressed by Martha Raye because she seemed a very rare, very real individual, and I returned to the continental United States with a great respect for her.
		Col Maggie of the boondocks aka Martha Raye.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3706 (1038 words)

	VH1.com : Martha Raye : Biography
		Martha Raye was born Margaret Teresa Yvonne O'Reed in Butte, Montana.
		During her television career, Martha Raye performed in many commercials and had supporting roles on such popular shows as McMillan and Wife and Alice.
		In 1991, she filed suit against the producers of For the Boys claiming that the famous Bette Midler film was based on her own personal experiences, but her efforts were unsuccessful.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/raye_martha/bio.jhtml (453 words)

	Comments
		I was proud to award Martha Raye the Presidential Medal of Freedom and your book is a wonderful reminder of her valiant work on behalf of America's armed forces.
		Martha Raye---Maggie, as her friends called her---is remembered by millions for her hilarious routines, largely based on her big mouth---a feature she played up herself.
		It seems to me that Martha Raye is sorta the forgotten hero of Vietnam, probably because she tended to avoid publicity.
	www.talesandwhalespublishing.com /commentsMOM.htm (1291 words)

	Martha Raye Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In an offbeat bit of casting, Raye gave her finest film performance as the only wife to survive the murderous intentions of her Bluebeard-like bigamist husband Charlie Chaplin in his fl and bleak comedy "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947).
		In 1991 Raye alleged that the Bette Midler character in the feature "For the Boys" was more than loosely based on her career.
		Late in life Raye and her seventh husband Mark Harris received unwanted media attention when some made accusations that her deteriorating physical and mental condition made her unable to manage her considerable estate and that Harris was a fortune hunter.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/192642 (517 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		When the actress and comedienne Martha Raye met Mark Harris when she was 75, the victim of several strokes and he an admitted bisexual, just 42.
		And when Martha Raye died three years later, she left most of her multi- million dollar estate to him, not to her only child.
		HARRIS: And she had a very big scandal in the 1950s when she had the Martha Raye shows and she married Sergeant O'Shea and she was excommunicated from the church for fooling around with -- he was a policeman in New York and his wife was in the hospital giving birth.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0411/26/lkl.01.html (5039 words)

	4 Girls 4 -- The Rosemary Clooney Palladium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Well, years later we played the Palladium in Hollywood and in the audience was a company that Martha Raye belonged to in the army, where she became the honorary Colonel.
		At one moment Martha Raye is like a dirty old man playing a bag lady; at another she’s Bea Lillie’s vulgar sister; mostly, she’s a blowsy, blatting scullery maid rattling pots and pans while telling ribald jokes.
		In the backseat, Martha Raye would shout, ‘Georgie, pull the car over, I have to take a leak.’ Then she’d hang a leg out the window and do her stuff while I kept looking forward.
	www.rosemaryclooney.com /4girls4/page11.htm (1451 words)

	Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Noonie Fortin offers a heartfelt tribute to Martha Raye...as well known for her unwavering loyalty to America's fighting men and women as she was for her work on stage and screen.
		Martha Raye is chiseled in marble on a Veteran's headstone at Fort Bragg's military cemetery and burned into the hearts of untold legions of Veterans and other admirers.
		Martha Raye, nicknamed Big Mouth for her physical trait always upturned in a smile, is noted by civilians for her theater, films, and commercials.
	www.talesandwhalespublishing.com /reviewsMOM.htm (1353 words)

	Biography for Martha Raye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was given to Raye in 1969 for her work with charities and entertaining U.S. troops; her estate gave it to the Friars Club in 1997 where she was its first female honorary member.
		Martha left the bulk of her estate to Mark Harris, but left some money to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
		Martha Raye had a life long fear of flying, but because of her profession was required to make numerous air trips, which she could muster only after drinking herself into a near alcoholic stuper.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0713106/bio (696 words)

	University Press of Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"She was one of the world's four best comediennes," said Milton Berle, "but she lived a life of personal disaster." Martha Raye sang, danced, and joked her way into the spotlight of the entertainment world with a career that spanned seven decades and encompassed everything from vaudeville to television commercials to entertaining U.S. troops.
		Raye got her big break when she caught the attention of a film director as she kidded with audience members Joe E. Lewis and Jimmy Durante during an engagement at the Trocadero in Hollywood.
		In the late 1930s, Raye appeared in a number of films, and the press heralded her as a "stridently funny comedienne with a Mammoth Cave mouth." From there her career soared.
	www.kentuckypress.com /viewbook.cfm?Group=7&ID=885 (469 words)

	Martha Raye Rescue Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Her actions is Soc Trang to hold her troup there until the soldiers returned from a mission, the times she placed herself in harm’s way to be with the troops, the times she treated the wounded and the dying, are just too to list.
		Maddalena that as the executor of Ms Raye’s estate he had donated all of Ms Raye’s Memorabilia to the Academy of Arts and these items were the ones they did not want.
		Martha Rayes USO fatigues and leather appointment/scheduling book from her Viet Nam tour with the USO.
	www.partners-international.org /maggie.html (1690 words)

	MARTHA RAYE
		From her Vaudeville stage debut at age three, Martha Raye went on to conquer literally every entertainment medium -- stage, screen, radio, television, records, night clubs, as well as countless performances for her beloved Armed Forces.
		For a lifetime of giving of herself, Martha Raye was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award in 1968, and was a Legend Nominee in the 1999 American Film Institute's "100 Years -- 100 Stars" program.
		Martha Raye biographer Noonie Fortin has compiled an amazing list of links.
	lavender.fortunecity.com /monkeys/135 (239 words)

	Women in the Military - resources at Erratic Impact's Feminism Web
		She did such a great job of writing about Martha Raye's life that she brought her to life in print.
		Ms Raye was a phenomenal woman who sacrificed everything to serve her fellow American.
		A superb jazz singer, Martha Raye's comedic genius and her brilliant acting will long be remembered.
	www.erraticimpact.com /~feminism/html/women_in_the_military.htm (503 words)

	A biography on Martha Raye: Memories of Maggie: A Legend Spanning Three Wars
		Raye received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993, the highest award given to civilians.
		Raye was best known for her bizarre humor, acting, and jazz singing.
		Troops knew her as a nurse in war-zone operating rooms and an entertainer at remote firebases, where she comforted severely wounded soldiers in foxholes while under fire.
	www.langmarc.com /memories_of_maggie.asp (357 words)

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