Martha Holliday
Martha Holliday | |
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Born | Harriette Olson August 3, 1922 Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
Died | November 22, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 48)
Resting place | Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1940–1948 |
Martha Holliday (born Harriette Olson[1] August 3, 1922 – November 22, 1970) was an American actress and dancer. She was a prima ballerina with the Pro-Arte Ballet Company in Havana, Cuba, and had a starring role as the romantic feminine lead in the film George White's Scandals (1945). She also appeared as a pin-up model in Yank, the Army Weekly.
Early life
Holliday was born in 1922 in
Acting career
In 1942, Holliday choreographed
In 1944, Holliday signed a contract with RKO Pictures.[3] RKO changed her name to Martha Holliday.[4] Hoping to establish herself as an actress, she studied acting under Lillian Albertson.[5] Instead, she was again assigned to teach dance routines to others.[1] Finally, she secured a starring role as the romantic feminine lead in the musical comedy George White's Scandals (1945). Producer George White predicted early stardom for Holliday,[2] and a writer in The Des Moines Register noted "Verily, the slippers of Cinderella now are on Martha Holliday's erstwhile tiptoeing tootsies!"[1] After the film was released, one reviewer wrote, "While Martha Holliday has nimble toes and a pretty face, her English accent is fairly unusual."[6] It proved to be her only featured role.
Holliday appeared as a
Holliday also had smaller, uncredited roles in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), as the hat check girl in The Flame (1947), as Trudy Marsh in I, Jane Doe (1948), and as Pearl in Lulu Belle (1948).[8]
Death
Holliday retired from acting in 1948. She died in 1970 at age 48 in Los Angeles. She is interred in Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar, Los Angeles.[9]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Dancer | (uncredited) |
1945 | The Enchanted Cottage | Bit Role | (uncredited) |
1945 | George White's Scandals | Jill Martin | |
1947 | The Flame | Hat Check Girl | (uncredited) |
1948 | I, Jane Doe | Trudy Marsh | (uncredited) |
1948 | Lulu Belle | Pearl | (uncredited) |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ He was reading it because there was something he wanted to put into the record.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- The Bergen Evening Record. January 15, 1945. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Talk of Hollywood". The Evening Sun. January 22, 1945. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- Richmond News-Leader. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- Dayton Journal. October 11, 1945. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Favorite Pin-ups of the Yanks". Omaha World-Herald. April 28, 1946. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Martha Holliday". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
- McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. KindleEdition.
External links
- Martha Holliday at IMDb