Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my close… - Mary Martin

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Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it

Mary Martin

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Mary Virginia Martin (1 December 1913 – 3 November 1990) was an American actress and singer, who originated many roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music, but became most famous in her role as Peter Pan.

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Alternative Names: Mary Virginia Martin

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