Another flubbed line was "How could you possibly hit a car when it was up on the grease rack?" "[citation needed], Mary Livingstone is interred beside her husband in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Mena Suvari Is Expecting First Baby at 41 with Her 3rd Husband — inside Her Marriages. She turned him down at first, she was seeing another young man, but Benny persisted. An actress hired to play a part on the evening's show didn't show up and, instead of risking a hunt for a substitute, Benny thought his wife could handle the part: a character named Mary Livingstone scripted as Benny's biggest fan. Enlisted casually to perform on her husband's program, she proved a talented comedian. But Jack got his comeuppance later in the show, when the show's guest, the real-life Beverly Hills police chief, was talking about the strange call the department got the night before: two skunks fighting on someone's lawn. When they became a couple later in life, Livingstone starred on NBC's "Jack Benny Show" for over two decades. Livingstone first met her future husband, Jack Benny, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at a Passover seder at her family home in 1922,[7][8] when Benny played at the Orpheum Theatre. My favorite comedian of all-time was Jack Benny. By her own testimony she made up her mind that she would grow up and marry Jack Benny someday. Mary's trademark gag on the radio show, other than beleaguering Benny, was to read letters from her mother (who lived in Plainfield, New Jersey), usually beginning with "My darling daughter Mary...". Jack was 80 years old when he died in 1974 from pancreatic cancer. This time, the couple clicked: Jack was finally smitten with Sadie and asked her on another date. Livingstone made few appearances on the television version—mostly in filmed episodes—and finally retired from show business after her close friend Gracie Allen did so in 1958. Grew up in Vancouver, B.C., where she graduated from King George High School. It was Livingstone who chose the young girl whom Jack described as "long and skinny and wrinkled all over." When they became a couple later in life, Livingstone starred on NBC's "Jack Benny Show" for over two decades. Joan said that the two men were "joined at the hip" and shared a deep adoration between them. When she did appear, the Bennys' adopted daughter, Joan, occasionally acted as a stand-in for her mother, or Mary's lines were read in rehearsals by Jack's script secretary, Jeanette Eyman, while Livingstone's prerecorded lines were played during live broadcasts. Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 500-501. Not only was he generous, but he always was married for many years to one woman - who was his partner on and off the stage. According to the International Jack Benny Fan Club, Last edited on 15 September 2020, at 20:42, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Livingstone, Mary (1908–1983), wife and longtime collaborator of radio and television comedian Jack Benny | American National Biography", "Obituary: Mary Livingstone, Radio Star with Husband. Even Joan Benny said she had a close relationship with her father, but her relationship with her mother was non-existent, because anytime Joan wanted to have a conversation with her mother, Mary would be rude to her. Jack Depp Is 18 and Dating a Beautiful Model — Who Is Johnny Depp's Only Son? Jack Benny and wife Mary Livingston at an event in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images. "He was truly a nice man," said the 86-year-old, adding that it's "apparently rather unusual for comedians" to be that way. Claims to have first seen future husband and comedy partner Jack Benny perform at the city's famed Orpheum Theatre during the Vaudeville days. Invited on a double-date by a friend who had married Sadie's sister, Babe, Benny brought Sadie along to keep him company. Additionally, her original stage name Marks (which was actually a diminutive of her surname at birth Marcowitz) was incorrectly thought to be spelled the same as that of the Marx Brothers, furthering the belief. "- American National Biography[3], Livingstone's birth name was actually anglicized from Marcovitz, not from Marx. Her daughter Joan noted that the two women enjoyed a private manicure appointment. They changed their surname several years after Sadya was born.[4][5][6][2]. Benny toured extensively and played the Orpheum often before hitting it big in radio. Lucille Ball referred to Mary as a "hard-hearted Hannah".[13][14]. After his death, Jack arranged for a rose to be sent to his wife … Jack Benny married Mary Livingstone January 14, 1927 at the Clayton Hotel in Waukegan, Illinois, one week after proposing. We and other data collection technologies to provide the best experience for our customers. After his death, Jack arranged for a rose to be sent to his wife every day for the rest of her life. 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For the lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots, see, CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2020 (. "He said in an interview that he had all the foibles that normal people have, and they identified with him," Joan explained. Publicity Listings Marks's youngest daughter, Sadie (her name was anglicized), was very impressed by this comedian who played a violin as part of his act. They met again a year later, while she was said to be working as a lingerie salesgirl at a May Company department store in downtown Los Angeles[9]—and the couple finally began dating. The Benny's called him "Natty.". Mary then took great satisfaction out of making Jack admit to the millions of listeners that "grass reek" did exist ("...Boy did that grease rack!" Official Sites, Posh and elegant onstage; a little vain in real life, Had worked as a department-store clerk before marrying, Retired from show business in 1958, after friend and fellow actor. Sadie took part in some of Jack's vaudeville performances but never thought of herself as a full-time performer, seeming glad to be done with it when he moved to radio in 1932. "And let me tell you," he said, "when they were done, did that grass reek!" In short, she had everything a woman could possibly want. His daughter, Joan, opened up about the comedian earlier this week. Eventually, her lines were recorded and dubbed onto the live recording later. He lived to entertain his fans and never got tired of it "He loved signing autographs. The letters often included comical stories about Mary's (fictional) sister Babe — similar to Sadie's real sister Babe in name only — who was so masculine she played as a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and worked in steel mills and coal mines, or their ne'er-do-well father, who always seemed to be a half-step ahead of the law. John Lucas, Other Works New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. In Sunday Nights at Seven (1990), her father's unfinished memoir that she completed with her own recollections, Joan Benny revealed she rarely felt close to her mother, and the two often argued: She had so many good qualities—her sense of humor, her generosity, her loyalty to her friends. Jack and his wife, Mary Livingstone, adopted Joan when she was about two weeks old. Performance ... instead of risking a hunt for a substitute, Benny thought his wife could handle the part: a character named Mary Livingstone scripted as Benny's biggest fan. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Despite the two families' acquaintance, Livingstone was not related to the Marx Brothers.[6]. It was also mentioned in a later show when, while Christmas shopping, Mary notices a toy gas station and says that it "even has a grease rack". He and Livingstone boasted a 47-year marriage before his death. Mother Livingstone, naturally enough, detested Benny and was forever advising her daughter to quit his employ. Jack was actually dating Livingstone's older sister when they met, and she was much too young at the time. Benny was taken by his friend Zeppo (b. Herbert) Marx. But NBC received so much fan mail that the character was revived into a regular feature on the Benny show, and the reluctant Sadie Marks became a radio star in her own right. In their shared biography, "Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story," the comedian wrote of the life-changing incident. [15], Livingstone's brother, Hilliard Marks, was a radio and television producer who worked primarily for his brother-in-law, Jack Benny. Three years later, aged 20, Sadie visited California with her family while Jack Benny was in the same town for a show. Jack Benny was beloved by his fans, but the person who knew him best was, of course, family. "Well make up your mind!"). When I think of her it's with sadness because I wish she could have enjoyed it all more. Burns passed away at the age of 100 in 1996, over two decades after his friend was long gone. Livingstone was born Sadya Marcowitz in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. "The doctor said it was a heart attack", Joan wrote, "but I have always felt she just gradually faded out of life. Phil Harris, his wife, Alice Faye with actor Jack Benny and his wife, Mary Livingstone, on board the liner 'Queen Mary' on 12th June 1950 | Photo: Getty Images. The belief is largely rooted in the fact that she first met her husband Jack Benny through a Passover Seder which was also attended by the Brothers. [citation needed], Jack Benny married Mary Livingstone January 14, 1927 at the Clayton Hotel in Waukegan, Illinois, one week after proposing.[10][11][12][2]. The belief is largely rooted in the fact that she first met her husband Jack Benny through a Passover Seder which was also attended by the Brothers. The following week, Benny devoted much of the show to poking fun at the tongue twister, chastising her for using the made-up phrase "grass reek". He loved being famous," Joan noted. One of Jack Benny’s most famous bits began with a mugger demanding of the notoriously tight-fisted comic, “Your money or your life. Her final performance was as a mouse spoof of herself in The Mouse That Jack Built, a Merrie Melodies cartoon from 1959 lampooning the radio show. Developed stage fright late in her career. Livingstone underwent a change, too, from fan to tart secretary-foil; the character occasionally went on dates with Benny's character but they were rarely implied to be truly romantically involved otherwise.

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