Editing Martha Raye (section)

===Television career===
She was a television star very early in its history. She starred in the short-lived (28 episodes) ''The Martha Raye Show'' (1954–1956), opposite retired [[middleweight]] boxer [[Rocky Graziano]], who played her boyfriend.  The writer and producer was future ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' creator [[Nat Hiken]].

Some of the guest stars on the show were [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]], [[Cesar Romero]], and Broadway dancer [[Wayne Lamb]]. She also appeared on other TV shows in the 1950s, such as ''[[What's My Line?]]''

Following the demise of her TV variety show, the breakup of her fifth marriage, and a series of other personal and health problems, she attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills on August 14, 1956. Well-wishers gave her a [[St. Christopher]]'s medal, a [[Genesius of Rome|St. Genesius]] medal, and a [[Star of David]]. After her recovery, she wore these amulets faithfully, but she was neither Catholic nor Jewish. At the conclusion of each episode of her TV shows, she would thank the nuns at the Sisters of St. Francis Hospital in Miami, Florida, where she had recovered. She always said "Goodnight, Sisters" as a sign of appreciation and gratitude.

Later in her career, she made television commercials for [[Polident]] denture cleanser, principally during the 1970s and 1980s.