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Mary Livingstone is a Actor American born on 25 june 1905

Mary Livingstone

Mary Livingstone
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Birth name Sadie Marks (or possibly Sadye Marks)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 june 1905
Death 30 june 1983 (at 78 years)

For the wife of explorer David Livingstone see Mary Livingstone (née Moffat)

Mary Livingstone (born Sadie Marks or possibly Sadye Marks, June 23, 1906 (or possibly 1905) – June 30, 1983), was an American radio comedienne and actress. She was the wife and radio partner of comedy great Jack Benny. Enlisted almost entirely by accident to perform on her husband's popular program, she proved a talented comedienne. But she also proved one of the rare performers to experience severe stage fright years after her career was established—so much so that she retired from show business completely, after two decades in the public eye, almost three decades before her death and at the height of her husband and partner's fame.

Biography

George Burns revealed in his memoir Gracie: A Love Story (1988) that he and his wife and performing partner Gracie Allen loved Jack Benny, but merely tolerated Mary, whom they disliked. Lucille Ball felt the same way, referring to Mary as a "hard-hearted Hannah".

Livingstone's relationship with their adopted daughter, Joan, was strained. In Sunday Nights at Seven (1990), her father's unfinished memoir that she completed with her own recollections, Joan Benny revealed she rarely felt close to her mother, and the two often argued:


She had so many good qualities — her sense of humor, her generosity, her loyalty to her friends. She had a famous, successful, and adoring husband; she had famous, interesting, and amusing friends; she lived in luxury; she was a celebrity in her own right. In short, she had everything a woman could possibly want. When I think of her it's with sadness because I wish she could have enjoyed it all more.
Mary Livingstone's brother, Hilliard Marks, was a radio and television producer who worked primarily for his brother-in-law, Jack Benny.

Usually with

Jack Benny
Jack Benny
(4 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(3 films)
Victor Young
Victor Young
(2 films)
Victor Milner
Victor Milner
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mary Livingstone (6 films)

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Actress

The Mouse That Jack Built, 6minutes
Directed by Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Mel Blanc, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson
Roles Mary (voice)
Rating73% 3.6715753.6715753.6715753.6715753.671575
Buck Benny Rides Again, 1h22
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films
Actors Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie Anderson, Andy Devine, Phil Harris, Dennis Day
Roles Mary Livingstone (voice)
Rating68% 3.439033.439033.439033.439033.43903
College Swing, 1h26
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Edward Everett Horton
Rating60% 3.002263.002263.002263.002263.00226
It's 1738, and Gracie Alden (Gracie Allen) of the powerful Alden family fails to graduate from the college founded by her grandfather for the ninth year in a row, so he leaves it in his will to the first female of the family to graduate within 200 years. At the deadline, in 1938, another Gracie Alden, the last girl of the line, is having trouble with her studies, so she hires fast-talking Bud Brady (Bob Hope) to help her. Her efforts are opposed by woman-hating professor Hubert Dash (Edward Everett Horton) and his secretary George Jones (George Burns), who don't want to see their beloved college fall into the hands of an empty-headed nit-wit like Gracie.
This Way Please, 1h13
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Buddy Rogers, Betty Grable, Ned Sparks, Marian Driscoll Jordan, Porter Hall, Lee Bowman
Roles Maxine Barry
Rating59% 2.9603752.9603752.9603752.9603752.960375
Betty Grable plays young Jane Morrow, who applies for the job of a theater usherette, and encounters her matinée idol. After he takes a liking to her, he arranges for her to audition in front of an audience. Jane is a hit, making her idol less favorable. Jane soon finds herself engaged to another man, so a battle of romantic wits ensues.