Martha Stewart (actress)

This article is about the American actress born in 1922. For the American retail businesswoman, see Martha Stewart.

Martha Stewart
Born	Martha Ruth Stewart Haworth (1922-10-07) October 7, 1922 Bardwell, Kentucky, U.S.
Other names	Martha Shelley
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer (retired)
Years active	1946–1964
Spouse(s)	Joe E. Lewis ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1948)​ George O'Hanlon ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1952)​ David Shelley ​ ​ (m. 1952; died 1982)​
Children	3

Martha Stewart (born October 7, 1922) is a retired American singer and film, television and musical theatre actress.

Life

Martha Ruth Stewart Haworth was born in Bardwell, Kentucky and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She was a singer before becoming a film and television actress. She made one appearance on Broadway in a musical, Park Avenue (1946). She retired from acting in 1964. She was married to singer-comedian Joe E. Lewis for two years; the marriage ended in divorce in 1948.

She married twice more. She had three children, one of whom, singer David Shelley, predeceased her. Despite rumors that she had died in 2012, Stewart is still alive as of October 2018, aged 96, living in California under the name Martha Shelley.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1945	Doll Face	Frankie Porter
1946	Johnny Comes Flying Home	Ann Cummings
1947	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Lulu Madison
	Daisy Kenyon	Mary Angelus
1948	Are You with It?	Bunny La Fleur
1950	In a Lonely Place	Mildred Atkinson
	Convicted	Bertie Williams
1952	Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick	Soubrette
1964	Surf Party	Pauline Lowell

Television credits

• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - "A Nice Touch" (1963)
• Our Man Higgins - "A Bunch of Forget-Me-Nots" (1963)
• The Red Skelton Show - Episode #4.8 (1954)
• Those Two - Co-Host (1952–1953)
• Cavalcade of Stars - Episode #3.16 (1951)

Gallery

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  Martha Stewart and co-stars in Doll Face
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  Martha Stewart performing "Somebody's Walking in My Dream" in Doll Face
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  Martha Stewart and Perry Como perform "Somebody's Walking in My Dream" in Doll Face.
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  Martha Stewart and Perry Como perform "Somebody's Walking in My Dream" in Doll Face.

External links

• Martha Stewart at IMDb
• Martha Stewart at the Internet Broadway Database