Biographies: Martha O'Driscoll - Actor

Biographies

 [1 Content]

---

An American actress, she was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on March 4, 1922 and died in Ocala, Florida, USA on November 3, 1998. Martha O'Driscoll has been married twice and has four children. Among the most important works of Martha O'Driscoll are Blonde Alibi 1946, House of Dracula 1945, Under Western Skies 1945 and Down Missouri Way 1946. She began her stardom as a model as a child, trained in dancing and singing, and was discovered by choreographer Hermes Ban, to perform some dances in local theater productions, including For small dancing parts in films in 1935, and as soon as she set foot in films, she began to be inundated with advertising offers for major companies such as Max Factor and Royal Crown Cola, and many of her pictures were found in magazines, to get bigger roles in the cinema, and offers from Universal and Paramount companies sought her and she was loaned For RKO and MGM during her 12-year career in Hollywood. Martha starred in MGM's Dr. Kielder with The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939 and Judge Hardy with Judge Hardy and Son 1939 with star Mickey Rooney, adventure films with Tim Holt, Wagon Train 1940, romance Pacific Blackout 1941, music Youth on Parade 1942 and comedy Crazy House 1943, and she presented the comedy horror Ghost Catchers 1944 and horror House of Dracula 1945 was another Her work is the music film Carmegie Hall 1947. Martha had married Navy Lieutenant Adams in 1943 but they separated after 10 months, and she got divorced in 1947 and two days later she married Chicago businessman, Arthur Appleton, heir to an industrial empire, and Martha retired completely, aged 25 She worked as an executive officer in many of her husband's projects, a member of the board of directors in his companies, and headed cooperative and charitable societies in Chicago, until she died at the age of 76, leaving her husband, four sons and 13 grandchildren.

• 4 September 2021
• Christina Aziz