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Mary Martin

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 1, 1913-November 3, 1990)
    Starred on Broadway in 'One Touch of Venus,' 'Lute Song,' 'South Pacific,' 'Kind Sir,' 'Peter Pan,' 'The Sound of Music,' 'I Do! I Do!,' and 'Do You Turn Somersaults?'
    Mother of Larry Hagman

Why she might be annoying:

    She was sixteen when she married her first husband.
    She turned down the opportunity to play her son Larry Hagman's mother on 'Dallas.'
    She is most famous for portraying a boy.
    She turned down the part of Eliza Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' after hearing the first five songs of the show. She told her husband that Lerner and Loewe has lost their talent.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical in addition to an honorary award.
    She was severely injured in a car accident that resulted in the death of her friend Janet Gaynor.
    She was a recipient of the Kennedy Center honors.

Credit: Professor Moriarty


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 118 Votes: 42.37% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 119 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 76 Votes: 77.63% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 92 Votes: 59.78% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 56.32% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 38.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 52.50% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 240 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 511 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 171 Votes: 40.94% Annoying