Martha Raye

Bragg, North Carolina.
. She was buried with full military honors on Saturday, in Ft. She gained a following as Tracy Vetter on the final season of the science fiction drama Forever Knight in 1995-1996, and was cast on the syndicated science-fiction series Andromeda in 2000; the series is currently in its fifth season. Martha Raye was deeply patriotic and, thanks to her work with the USO during World War II and subsequent wars, special consideration was given to bury her in Arlington National Cemetery upon her death. She formed a local theature group in Toronto after graduation and landed her first film and television roles in the mid-1990s. In addition to the aforementioned television work, she appeared for two years as Mel Sharples' mother, Carrie, on the sitcom Alice. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ryder attended the University of Toronto, where he began acting.

She also appeared in a number of commercials for a denture adhesive product which emphasized its importance to her appearance due to the size of her mouth. Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1970) is a Canadian actress best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. She often appeared as a guest on other programs, particularly ones which often had older performers as guest stars, such as The Love Boat, and on variety programs. In 1970 she portrayed Boss Witch, the "Queen of all Witch-dom" in the film Pufnstuf. In the late 1950s she made a well-publicized suicide attempt which may have been partially related to the breakup of her marriage to conductor-composer David Rose.

Miss Raye was an early television star when that medium was very young; for a while she had her own program, The Martha Raye Show, in which she was the lead and her awkward boyfriend was portrayed by retired middleweight boxer Rocky Graziano. In November of 1993, President Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1968, she was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in the form of an Oscar. During WW2, Korea and Vietnam, Martha travelled extensively to entertain the American troops.

She joined the USO soon after the US entered World War II. For example, she appears in the picture The Big Broadcast of 1938 where Bob Hope first sings what became his theme song, Thanks for the Memories; however, it is not sung to Miss Raye, but rather the female leading actress that she supports. She became known as "The Big Mouth"; apparently she was often made up in a way which tended to cause it to appear as even larger than it actually already was. It relegated her motion picture work to largely supporting comic parts.

Miss Raye was best known for the size of her mouth, which appeared enormous in proportion to the rest of her face. Martha Raye (1916-October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and singer in motion pictures and later, on television.