R.I.P. MARTHA STEWART

[samhexum]

Martha Stewart is dead.

 

Stewart, an actress who worked opposite Hollywood greats including Humphrey Bogart and Joan Crawford, died Feb. 17 at 98.

 

Her passing was announced by her daughter, Colleen Shelley, in a Twitter post in which she called her “the original Martha Stewart” — as opposed to the “It’s a good thing” denizen.

 

“She went off peacefully surrounded by her family and cat,” Shelley wrote of her mother, who was born Martha Ruth Haworth in Bardwell, Kentucky. “She had a good run. Fare thee well Mommy.”

 

Stewart, who was also a singer, made her film debut in 1945’s “Doll Face,” an adaptation of Gypsy Rose Lee’s play of the same name. It also starred Vivian Blaine and Carmen Miranda and featured a duet between Stewart and crooner Perry Como.

 

In her career, she acted alongside numerous big names, including Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and Ruth Warrick in the 1947 drama “Daisy Kenyon” and opposite legendary Humphrey Bogart in the 1950 noir mystery “In a Lonely Place.”

 

Stewart also lent her vocal talents to the 1946 Broadway musical “Park Avenue” and in 1951 replaced her “Doll Face” co-star Vivian Blaine for four months in “Guys and Dolls.”

 

Her other movies included 1948’s “Are You With It?” with song-and-dance-man Donald O’Connor, “Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick” starring Dinah Shore and Alan Young, and 1950’s “Convicted” with Broderick Crawford and Glenn Ford. Stewart’s final film role was in 1964’s “Surf Party,” opposite Bobby Vinton.

 

She also made TV appearances in shows including “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “My Three Sons.”

 

Stewart’s third husband, David Shelley, died in 1982. She also was predeceased by a son, blues guitarist David Shelley Jr., who worked with musicians including Cher, Cheap Trick and Eddie Money and died of cancer at 57 in 2015.

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2021 by samhexum

[samhexum]

Martha Stewart is dead.

 

Stewart, an actress who worked opposite Hollywood greats including Humphrey Bogart and Joan Crawford, died Feb. 17 at 98.

 

Her passing was announced by her daughter, Colleen Shelley, in a Twitter post in which she called her “the original Martha Stewart” — as opposed to the “It’s a good thing” denizen.

 

“She went off peacefully surrounded by her family and cat,” Shelley wrote of her mother, who was born Martha Ruth Haworth in Bardwell, Kentucky. “She had a good run. Fare thee well Mommy.”

 

Stewart, who was also a singer, made her film debut in 1945’s “Doll Face,” an adaptation of Gypsy Rose Lee’s play of the same name. It also starred Vivian Blaine and Carmen Miranda and featured a duet between Stewart and crooner Perry Como.

 

In her career, she acted alongside numerous big names, including Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and Ruth Warrick in the 1947 drama “Daisy Kenyon” and opposite legendary Humphrey Bogart in the 1950 noir mystery “In a Lonely Place.”

 

Stewart also lent her vocal talents to the 1946 Broadway musical “Park Avenue” and in 1951 replaced her “Doll Face” co-star Vivian Blaine for four months in “Guys and Dolls.”

 

Her other movies included 1948’s “Are You With It?” with song-and-dance-man Donald O’Connor, “Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick” starring Dinah Shore and Alan Young, and 1950’s “Convicted” with Broderick Crawford and Glenn Ford. Stewart’s final film role was in 1964’s “Surf Party,” opposite Bobby Vinton.

 

She also made TV appearances in shows including “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “My Three Sons.”

 

Stewart’s third husband, David Shelley, died in 1982. She also was predeceased by a son, blues guitarist David Shelley Jr., who worked with musicians including Cher, Cheap Trick and Eddie Money and died of cancer at 57 in 2015.

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2021 by samhexum

[+ WilliamM]

Martha Stewart, the actress, grew up in Brooklyn. Her first husband was the legendary singer,/comic, Joe E. Lewis. Frank Sinartra played Lewis in the hit film, "The Joker is Wild," with Mitzi Gaynor. I believe the film was about Lewis and the mobs that controlled night clubs.

 

Stewart starred in "Guy and Dolls" in the original London cast

[+ WilliamM]

Martha Stewart, the actress, grew up in Brooklyn. Her first husband was the legendary singer,/comic, Joe E. Lewis. Frank Sinartra played Lewis in the hit film, "The Joker is Wild," with Mitzi Gaynor. I believe the film was about Lewis and the mobs that controlled night clubs.

 

Stewart starred in "Guy and Dolls" in the original London cast

[Smurof]

Probably with most everybody else, this isn't who I thought you were referring to.

[Smurof]

Probably with most everybody else, this isn't who I thought you were referring to.

[+ harey]

Clickbait

[jjkrkwood]

Title should have been "The OTHER Martha Stewart"........

[+ Lucky]

Probably with most everybody else, this isn't who I thought you were referring to.

No doubt that was the intention. Sometimes it gets pretty silly. If you don't have a thread worth reading, don't mislead people on its topic.

[MikeBiDude]

No doubt that was the intention. Sometimes it gets pretty silly. If you don't have a thread worth reading, don't mislead people on its topic.

Absolutely was the intention. For the attention.

[+ WilliamM]

Absolutely was the intention. For the attention.

 

@samhexum gives us a different view that is his alone. Still, he is a nice guy except once in a while.

[JayCeeKy]

Ha ha, got me. I once saw a headline of one those Gossip Tabloids that read "I Went Too Far With Elizabeth Taylor" and turned out to be a story about a taxi driver who got lost and drove Liz way beyond her intended destination. Maybe Samhexum needs to write for National Inquirer or Star Magazine?

[+ MysticMenace]

love the clickbait, coz I always fall for it - @samhexum - should probably put that in the thread, something you're really good at. ??

as a millennial, didn't even know another notable Martha Stewart existed, so good to know.