Mary Sarah Healy (April , â€" February , ) was an American actress,
singer, and variety entertainer. She performed often with her husband,
Peter Lind Hayes, for over years, in a succession of films,
television and radio shows and on the stage. Healy appeared in four
Broadway shows between and , and her film appearances include Second
Fiddle, Star Dust and Theodore Geisel's musical fantasy, The , Fingers
of Dr. T. In she was inducted into the Nevada Entertainment/Artist
Hall of Fame at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Healy was born on
April , , in New Orleans. Crowned Miss New Orleans in , Healy
performed as a singer in the New Orleans area. She made her first
screen appearance in the musical comedy Josette. In she had major
film roles in Second Fiddle and Star Dust, in which she sang the title
song.That year she also met entertainer Peter Lind Hayes who, along
with his mother, vaudevillian Grace Hayes, was performing in North
Hollywood. Healy and Hayes were married from until his death in .
With few exceptions, she and her husband worked together
exclusively.Healy made her stage debut in Count Me In (), opposite
Charles Butterworth and Jean Arthur. She starred as Mrs. Aouda in
Orson Welles's Broadway production of Around the World in Days, a
role that she later reprised for The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air
radio adaptation of the musical play.
singer, and variety entertainer. She performed often with her husband,
Peter Lind Hayes, for over years, in a succession of films,
television and radio shows and on the stage. Healy appeared in four
Broadway shows between and , and her film appearances include Second
Fiddle, Star Dust and Theodore Geisel's musical fantasy, The , Fingers
of Dr. T. In she was inducted into the Nevada Entertainment/Artist
Hall of Fame at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Healy was born on
April , , in New Orleans. Crowned Miss New Orleans in , Healy
performed as a singer in the New Orleans area. She made her first
screen appearance in the musical comedy Josette. In she had major
film roles in Second Fiddle and Star Dust, in which she sang the title
song.That year she also met entertainer Peter Lind Hayes who, along
with his mother, vaudevillian Grace Hayes, was performing in North
Hollywood. Healy and Hayes were married from until his death in .
With few exceptions, she and her husband worked together
exclusively.Healy made her stage debut in Count Me In (), opposite
Charles Butterworth and Jean Arthur. She starred as Mrs. Aouda in
Orson Welles's Broadway production of Around the World in Days, a
role that she later reprised for The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air
radio adaptation of the musical play.
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