

Acting
Martha Raye (born Margy Reed), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including Broadway. She was honored in 1969 at the Academy Awards as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops. In the early 1930s, Raye was a band vocalist with the Paul Ash and Boris Morros orchestras. She made her first film appearance in 1934 in a band short titled A Nite in the Nite Club. In 1936, she was signed for comic roles by Paramount Pictures, and made...
Highest rated appearances
as Self (archive footage)

Monsieur Verdoux
as Annabella Bonheur

Pin Up Girl
as Molly McKay

Four Jills in a Jeep
as Martha Raye

Show-Business at War
as Self

Hellzapoppin'
as Betty Johnson

Keep 'Em Flying
as Gloria Phelps / Barbara Phelps

Navy Blues
as Lilibelle Bolton

The Boys from Syracuse
as Luce

The Farmer's Daughter
as Patience Bingham

$1,000 a Touchdown
as Martha Madison

Never Say Die
as Mickey Hawkins

Give Me a Sailor
as Letty Larkin

Tropic Holiday
as Midge Miller

College Swing
as Mabel Grady

The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Martha Bellows

Double or Nothing
as Liza Lou Lane

Artists & Models
as Specialty

Mountain Music
as Mary Beamish

Waikiki Wedding
as Myrtle Finch

College Holiday
as Daisy Schloggenheimer

Hideaway Girl
as Helen Flint

The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Patsy

Rhythm on the Range
as Emma