Martha Raye

Personal Info

Birthday

August 27, 1916

Day of Death

1994-10-19

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Butte, Montana, USA

Also Known As

The Big Mouth

The Female Bob Hope

Margaret Teresa Yvonne “Margy” Reed

Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed

Margy Reed

Martha Raye

Biography

Martha Raye (born Margy Reed), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including Broadway.

She was honored in 1969 at the Academy Awards as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops. In the early 1930s, Raye was a band vocalist with the Paul Ash and Boris Morros orchestras. She made her first film appearance in 1934 in a band short titled A Nite in the Nite Club.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Burke's Law

McMillan & Wife

The Bugaloos

Alice in Wonderland

The Concorde... Airport '79

Monsieur Verdoux

Filmography

2019
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1981
Pippin
as Bertha
1980
The Gossip Columnist
as Georgia O'Hanlon
1979
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
as The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Loretta
1970
Pufnstuf
as Boss Witch
The Phynx
as Foxy
No Substitute for Victory
as Herself
1966
Clown Alley
as Washerwoman Clown
1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Lulu
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Annabella Bonheur
1944
Pin Up Girl
as Molly McKay
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Martha Raye
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Betty Johnson
Keep 'Em Flying
as Gloria Phelps / Barbara Phelps
Navy Blues
as Lilibelle Bolton
1940
The Boys from Syracuse
as Luce
The Farmer's Daughter
as Patience Bingham
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Martha Madison
Never Say Die
as Mickey Hawkins
1938
Give Me a Sailor
as Letty Larkin
Tropic Holiday
as Midge Miller
College Swing
as Mabel Grady
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Martha Bellows
1937
Double or Nothing
as Liza Lou Lane
Artists & Models
as Specialty
Mountain Music
as Mary Beamish
Waikiki Wedding
as Myrtle Finch
1936
College Holiday
as Daisy Schloggenheimer
Hideaway Girl
as Helen Flint
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Patsy
Rhythm on the Range
as Emma