Mary Virginia Martin foi uma atriz, dançarina e cantora americana. Mary é a mãe de Larry Hagman.Estrela da Broadway, participou de inúmeras montagens em peças e musicais, como:
Leave It to Me! em 1938;
Peter Pan em 1954/55
I Do! I Do! em 1967;
Hello, Dolly! em 1965/66.No musical Peter Pan, ganhou o Tony Award de "Melhor performance de uma atriz protagonista em musical"
Também trabalhou no cinema e na televisão com trabalhos como:
The Rage of Paris de 1938;
New York Town de 1941;
Night and Day de 1946;
Main Street to Broadway de 1953;
Na televisão, participou do musical Peter Pan em 1960. Wikipedia
“I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.”
Fonte: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 20
Contexto: Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child — that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.
“I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so.”
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Contexto: I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.
On her early married life with her first husband Ben Hagman, p. 39
My Heart Belongs (1976)
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 6
“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”
On becoming a dance teacher, and creating her own moves, p. 44
My Heart Belongs (1976)
“Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.”
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 180
“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”
As quoted in Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now! (1992) by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life
“Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.”
Fonte: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 268
Fonte: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 39
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Fonte: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 19
To Sandy Duncan, who had told her "You're the only Peter Pan I'll ever know" in a meeting after a Duncan's performance in the role, as quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183