Andrea Leeds

She was interred in Desert Memorial Park Cemetery in California. Kennedy Center Honors (1989). A resident of the city for many years, she is remembered as one of its prominent citizens with a star on their "Walk of Fame". Peabody Award: "Valentine". Andrea Leeds died from cancer in Palm Springs, California. Autobiography: "My Heart Belongs," Morrow (1976). It was her only marriage, and produced two children, one of whom predeceased her. Husband Richard Halliday dies, 1973.

With her husband she became a successful horse breeder, and after his death ran a jewellery business. Tony Award: "The Sound of Music". These films were relatively successful and Leeds remained a popular actress, however she had married in 1939 and decided to leave films to devote herself to raising a family. Tony Award, (later) Emmy Award: "Peter Pan". Her final film, Earthbound (1940), was a fantasy murder mystery in which Leeds' character solves the murder of her husband aided by his ghost. Special Tony Award: "Annie Get Your Gun". She continued to play the romantic female lead in the western The Real Glory opposite Gary Cooper and David Niven, and with Don Ameche in the biography of Stephen Foster, Swanee River (1939). Donaldson Award, NY Drama Critics Award: "One Touch of Venus".

She next appeared in two films opposite Joel McCrea, in Youth Takes a Fling (1938) and They Shall Have Music (1939), for the first time playing the lead female role in films. Daughter Heller Halliday. The film was not a success and received poor reviews. Married Richard Halliday 1940. Her wholesome quality led to her being cast in The Goldwyn Follies (1938) playing "Miss Humanity" - a woman considered by a jaded Hollywood executive to represent the ideal American woman. They were divorced in 1936. As part of a cast of highly regarded actresses including Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden, Leeds was singled out by many critics and received widespread acclaim. Their son is actor Larry Hagman, who once appeared with his mother in South Pacific, as a member of the chorus.

She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her next role, as an unsuccessful, aspiring actress in Stage Door (1937). In 1929, she married Ben Hagman. As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the 1936 film Come and Get It and achieved another success with her next film It Could Happen to You (1937). Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. Born Antoinette Lees in Butte, Montana, she began her film career in 1934 playing bit parts and using her given name. Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Andrea Leeds (August 14, 1914 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress. "In Performance at the White House, A Salute to Broadway" (1988) Television.

"Legends!" (1986) National Tour. "Irving Berlin's America" (1986) Television. "The Sound of American Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein" (1985) Television. "Over Easy" (1981-1983, PBS, Host) Television.

"Beverly Sills Farewell" (1981) Television. "Standing Room Only: Showstoppers" (1980) Television. "Valentine" (1979) Television/Film. "Bing Crosby, His Life and Legend" (1978) Television.

"Do You Turn Sommersaults?" (1977) Broadway and Tour. "Together On Broadway" with Ethel Merman (1977). "Jack Paar Special" (1972) Television. "Mary Martin at Eastertime" (1966) Television.

"I Do! I Do!" (1966) Broadway, National Tour. "Mary Martin, Hello Dolly 'Round the World" (1966) Television. "Hello Dolly" (1965) Tour, London. "Jennie" (1963) Broadway.

"Bing Crosby Christmas Show" (1962) Television. "Peter Pan" (1960) Television. "Music with Mary Martin" (1959) Television. "Magic with Mary Martin" (1959) Television.

"The Sound of Music" (1959) Maria. "Annie Get Your Gun" (1957) Television. "Peter Pan" (1956) Television. "Hallmark Hall of Fame, Born Yesterday" (1956) Television.

"Ford Star Jubilee: Together With Music" (1955) Television. "Peter Pan" (1955) Television. "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1955) Broadway, Washington, DC, Paris. "Person to Person" (1954) Television.

"General Foods 25th Anniversary Show" (1954) Television. "Peter Pan" (1954) Broadway. "Main Street to Broadway" (1953) Film. "Ford 50th Anniversary Show" (1953) Television.

"Kind Sir" (1953) Broadway. "America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers" (1951) Television. "South Pacific" (1949) Nellie Forbush. "Annie Get Your Gun" (1947) National Tour.

"Night and Day" (1946) Film. "Lute Song" (1946) Broadway. "Pacific 1860" (1946) London. "One Touch of Venus" (1943) Broadway and Tour.

"True to Life" (1943) Film. "Happy Go Lucky" (1943) Film. "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1942) Film. "Birth of the Blues" (1941) Film.

"New York Town" (1941) Film. "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" (1941) Film. "Love Thy Neighbor" (1940) Film. "Rhythm on the River" (1940) Film.

"The Great Victor Herbert" (1939) Film. "Leave It To Me" (1938) Broadway.