Editing Martha Raye (section)

==Personal life==
Raye's personal life was complex and emotionally tumultuous.<ref name="ms540425">{{cite news|first=Martha|last=Raye|work=The American Weekly|page=7|title=Me and My Big Mouth|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=53QxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5898,6485827&hl=en|date=April 25, 1954|access-date=February 8, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was married seven times.

Raye was a devout [[Methodism|Methodist]]. She regularly attended church, she read the [[Bible]] on a daily basis, and she also taught Sunday school.<ref>Pitrone, Maddern Jean (1999). ''Take It from the Big Mouth: The Life of Martha Raye'' Hardcover, The University of Kentucky Press, pp. 220–221 {{ISBN|0-8131-2110-8}}</ref> Because her religious views were frequently misconstrued, she said "One paper says I'm [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and the other says I'm [[Judaism|Jewish]]. I guess that's fitting because, as a Methodist, I'm meant to be undetermined some of the time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1120507|title=Martha Raye Quote|website=A–Z Quotes}}</ref>

Her engagement to orchestra leader Johnny Torrence was announced in June 1936.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=Chicago Tribune |title=Martha Raye, Film Actress, Engaged to Band Leader |date=June 25, 1936 |page=17 |issue=Final }}</ref> Less than two months later she commented, "They tell me I've gone Hollywood already because I got engaged to Johnny Torrence one day and broke it off the next."<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=Salt Lake Telegram |title=Funny Face Wins Star Niche For Martha Raye |date=August 15, 1936 |page=8 |issue=Home Edition}}</ref>

She was married to make-up artist [[Bud Westmore|Hamilton "Buddy" Westmore]] from May 30, 1937, until September 1937, filing for divorce on the basis of extreme cruelty; to composer-conductor [[David Rose (songwriter)|David Rose]] from October 8, 1938, to May 19, 1941; to Neal Lang from May 25, 1941, to February 3, 1944; to Nick Condos from February 22, 1944, to June 17, 1953; to Edward T. Begley from April 21, 1954, to October 6, 1956; to Robert O'Shea from November 7, 1956, to December 1, 1960; and to Mark Harris from September 25, 1991, until her death in 1994.<ref name="wapo/rayes-december">{{cite news |last1=Rusoff |first1=Jane Wollman |title=MARTHA RAYE'S WARM DECEMBER |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/12/28/martha-rayes-warm-december/6bcb66a2-e1d6-4a09-927b-766bb6779aeb/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=28 December 1991}}</ref> She had one child, a daughter born in July 1944, with Nick Condos. Melodye Condos was named after Raye's recently deceased younger sister.<ref>Pitrone, ''op. cit.,'' [https://archive.org/details/takeitfrombigmou00pitr/page/64/mode/2up?q=%22she+named+the+baby+melodye%22 pp. 65], [https://archive.org/details/takeitfrombigmou00pitr/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22melodye+had+died%22 57].</ref>

Politically, Raye was [[Conservatism|conservative]], in a 1984 interview, she affirmed: "I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world, and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us."<ref>Interview, ''The Hollywood Reporter'', 1984.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1120508|title=Martha Raye Quote|website=A–Z Quotes}}</ref>

===Death===
Raye died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 78 on October 19, 1994.<ref>Pitrone, ''op. cit.,'' [https://archive.org/details/takeitfrombigmou00pitr/page/218/mode/2up?q=%22ms+raye+had+died+of+pneumonia%22 p. 219]</ref>