Martha Raye

A popular singer, comedienne and actress comfortable with both nightclubs and the theater, Martha Raye received many awards and performed for servicemen during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Martha Raye was born Margaret Teresa Yvonne O'Reed in Butte, Montana. She was influenced by her vaudeville parents and at the age of three became part of their act. At the age of 13, she ...more