Martha Raye

Acting

Martha Raye

Born August 27, 1916 · Butte, Montana, USA

Died October 19, 1994 · aged 78

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 Pau…

Known For

The Concorde... Airport '79The Concorde... Airport '79 · 1979
The Concorde... Airport '79
★ 4.71979
MovieActionDrama
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Billy Rose's JumboBilly Rose's Jumbo · 1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
★ 6.01962
MovieComedyMusic
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Monsieur VerdouxMonsieur Verdoux · 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
★ 7.71947
MovieComedyCrime
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
AirportsAirports · 2025
Airports
2025
MovieDramaAction
Edited together from all four Airport movies by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence, Infested) and veteran genre fellow screenwriter Adam Rifkin (Small Soldiers, Mouse Hunt), Airports is an exercise in narrative truncation for both newcomers and fans alike in the vein of Soderbergh’s Psychos edit.
The Gossip ColumnistThe Gossip Columnist · 1980
The Gossip Columnist
★ 7.31980
MovieComedyDrama
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.
Keep 'Em FlyingKeep 'Em Flying · 1941
Keep 'Em Flying
★ 6.21941
MovieComedy
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
Navy BluesNavy Blues · 1941
Navy Blues
★ 4.81941
MovieComedyMusic
On a layover in Hawaii, two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to wager bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't realized, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Skinflint: A Country Christmas CarolSkinflint: A Country Christmas Carol · 1979
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
★ 7.01979
MovieMusicFamily
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2,000 first prize to promote his bank.

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