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Also Known As Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed
Born August 27, 1916 • Butte • Montana
Died October 19, 1994 (aged 78) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1993)

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Martha Raye poses with her chin resting on her hands, gazing upward, in a black-and-white publicity photo from around 1944.
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