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Kennedy Center Honors (1989). Mitchell was married to the film and theatre critic David Monsey, and died of cancer in 1979, at the age of fifty-three. Peabody Award: "Valentine". She wrote an acclaimed biography of the French writer Colette, and her own autobiography was published in 1957. Autobiography: "My Heart Belongs," Morrow (1976). Outside of acting, Mitchell was also an established writer, penning several books for children and adults as well as winning awards for playwriting. Husband Richard Halliday dies, 1973. She continued to act occasionally on television until the late 1970s, appearing in guest roles in series such as Out of the Unknown (in 1966); her final screen role was in the BBC science-fiction series 1990 in 1977.

Tony Award: "The Sound of Music". On television, Mitchell was voted Television Actress of the Year for 1953 by the Daily Mail newspaper, mainly for her role as Cathy in the Nigel Kneale / Rudolph Cartier adaptation of Emily Brontė's novel Wuthering Heights. The following year, she appeared in another Kneale / Cartier literary adaptation when she took the role of Julia opposite Peter Cushing as Winston Smith in their controversial and well-remembered adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was to prove her most memorable role on the small screen. Tony Award, (later) Emmy Award: "Peter Pan". She went on to appear in several prominent film roles over the following three decades, winning a British Film Award for The Divided Heart (1954) and the Berlin Film Festival Award for Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957). Special Tony Award: "Annie Get Your Gun". Already an experienced stage actress, she did not make her speaking debut in film until the age of twenty-four in The Queen of Spades (1949), although she had played an uncredited minor role in Love on the Dole eight years earlier. Donaldson Award, NY Drama Critics Award: "One Touch of Venus". Yvonne Mitchell (born July 7, 1925 in London, England, UK; died March 24, 1979 in London, England, UK) was a British stage, television and film actress, probably best remembered for her role as Julia in the 1954 BBC Television adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Daughter Heller Halliday. Married Richard Halliday 1940. They were divorced in 1936. Their son is actor Larry Hagman, who once appeared with his mother in South Pacific, as a member of the chorus.

In 1929, she married Ben Hagman. Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. "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.