Millicent Martin

Millicent Mary Lillian Martin (born 8 June 1934) is an English actress, singer, and comedian.[1] She was the lone female singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satire show That Was the Week That Was known as TW3 (1962–1963), and won a BAFTA TV Award in 1964. For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) and King of Hearts (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04)[2] and Joan Margaret in Grace & Frankie.

Early clippings show Martin as one of the cast in the pantomime “Dick Whittington” starring Jimmy Hanley at the Granada Tooting in December 1949[5] The following year she was in “Aladdin” at the Pavilion Bournemouth in December 1950[6] and in May 1951 she appeared in “The Happiest Days of Your Life” at the Playhouse, Oxford playing an “enterprising” pupil.[7] December 1951, saw her in the pantomime “Mother Goose” at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham