Martina May Martin
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Martina May Martin was an American
stage
actress who starred in various theatrical
productions around the country during the 1920s and 1930s.
At one point in her career, she toured with the famous silent movie star, Carlyle Blackwell
, who was doing theater work after talkies came into vogue, effectively ending his film career. One of the plays in which she co-starred with Blackwell was Lady Friends (1930). It originally opened on Broadway in 1919 at the Comedy Theatre, and she had the role of Catherine in a later touring production. Another play in which she starred was Blind Alley (1937). She toured the country with this play which had previously opened on Broadway in 1935 at the Booth Theatre.
Martina married her high school sweetheart, the actor Edward Pawley
, in 1922 when they were fledgling theater performers in New York City. They both grew up in Kansas City, Missouri
and attended Manual Training High School where they studied drama and acted in school plays. They had one child, a son named Martin Herbert Pawley (b. 1923), and they later divorced, only to remarry again and divorce a second time.
After Martina's acting career ended with the advent of World War II
, she began a new career with the Lockheed Corporation
in California. In 1963, she retired from Lockheed where she had been involved with wiring panels for airplanes.
She never remarried and was living in Corvallis, Oregon
at the time of her death in 1988.
United States
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stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actress who starred in various theatrical
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
productions around the country during the 1920s and 1930s.
At one point in her career, she toured with the famous silent movie star, Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...
, who was doing theater work after talkies came into vogue, effectively ending his film career. One of the plays in which she co-starred with Blackwell was Lady Friends (1930). It originally opened on Broadway in 1919 at the Comedy Theatre, and she had the role of Catherine in a later touring production. Another play in which she starred was Blind Alley (1937). She toured the country with this play which had previously opened on Broadway in 1935 at the Booth Theatre.
Martina married her high school sweetheart, the actor Edward Pawley
Edward Pawley
Edward Joel Pawley was an American actor of radio, films and Broadway. The full name on his birth certificate is Edward Joel Stone Pawley, however, he never used the Stone name. It derived from a Stone family in Illinois.At maturity, Pawley was 5'-10" tall with thick black hair and blue eyes...
, in 1922 when they were fledgling theater performers in New York City. They both grew up in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
and attended Manual Training High School where they studied drama and acted in school plays. They had one child, a son named Martin Herbert Pawley (b. 1923), and they later divorced, only to remarry again and divorce a second time.
After Martina's acting career ended with the advent of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, she began a new career with the Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company. Lockheed was founded in 1912 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995.-Origins:...
in California. In 1963, she retired from Lockheed where she had been involved with wiring panels for airplanes.
She never remarried and was living in Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....
at the time of her death in 1988.