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Martha Raye
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Actor Born: August 27, 1916 in Butte, MT Death: October 19, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Born to a peripatetic vaudeville couple, Maggie Reed joined her parents' act as soon as she learned to walk, stopping the show with an energetic rendition of "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate." After touring in a double act with her brother "Bud", she made her Broadway debut in the 1934 revue Calling All Stars, where she was billed for the first time as "Martha Raye" (at first claiming that she chose the name out of a phone book, she later affirmed that it had been involuntarily foisted upon her by "some idiot" and insisted -- nay, demanded -- that her friends call her "Maggie"). While appearing as a singer/comedienne at Hollywood's Trocadero, she was selected to appear in Paramount's "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), in which she introduced her trademark song, "Mr. Paganini."
For the next four years she was Paramount's favorite soubrette, overemphasizing her big mouth and gorgeous legs in a... Full Biography
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