Martha O'Driscoll

Martha O'Driscoll (March 4, 1922 – November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. Her mother was a financial partner in the Hollywood Mar-Ken School. The school's director, Mrs. Bessire, had a son, William Kent Bessire. The two women decided to name the school after their children—Mar came from Martha and KEN from Kent. The school remained open until the early 1960s. She retired from the screen in 1947, to have and raise children with her husband, Arthur I. Appleton, President of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago, the company his father, Albert I. Appleton founded.

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Alias (AKA)Appleton Martha
Birth dateMarch 04, 1922
Birth place
Tulsa Oklahoma , United States
Date of deathNovember 03, 1998
Place of death
Ocala Florida , United States
Spouse
Arthur I. Appleton

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