A bit of Peter Pan still shines in the ageless Mary Martin

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 29, 1989| Author: | Copyright information

Peter Pan is talking about the joys of taking a walk every morning just as the sun comes up. Wait a minute. This isn't Peter Pan; it's Mary Martin, the legendary American actress-singer who won a Tony Award in 1955 for portraying the boy who could fly.

Seated across from me in her Palm Springs home, working on her needlepoint, Martin looks every inch the charming and dignified superstar she is. But her voice still sounds exactly as it did when she played Peter Pan. At 76, Martin is in her 51st year as a star of the American stage and screen. Though her hair now is white, she moves only a ...

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