Millicent Mary Lillian Martin
Photograph by (Edward) Russell Westwood bromide print, 1960s NPG x68268
Millicent Mary Lillian Martin (born 1934)
Lived at: in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Profession: Entertainer (actress and singer in film, TV and theatre)
About her life:
- Stage, screen and TV actress and singer
- Trained at the Italian Conti Stage School
- Appeared in That Was The Week That Was for which she won a BAFTA award
- Noted interpreter of Stephen Sondheim; nominated for a Tony award for Side by Side by Sondheim
- Appeared in US TV series Frasier and Grace & Frankie
Millicent Martin was born in Romford, Essex; at age 12 she enrolled in the Italian Conti Stage School. In the mid-1950s she spent three years on Broadway in The Boyfriend in which she played every female part during the run. She then played the show’s lead in the West End. She joined the television show That Was The Week That Was in 1963, for which she won a BAFTA award after which she led her own show, Mainly Millicent. Martin appeared in Side by Side by Sondheim in New York, for which she was nominated for a Tony award and appeared in numerous West End musicals. She was married to the singer Ronnie Carrol; they divorced in 1964. She had a recurring roles in the US TV series Frasier and Grace & Frankie. She lives in the US.
