Benny asked his wife to play the part, and Sadye Marks became Mary Livingstone....

Benny asked his wife to play the part, and Sadye Marks became Mary Livingstone. She discovered mike fright, a malady that never really left her. She had never been unusually nervous in vaudeville, but now, performing for the nation, her jitters were acute. The infectious laugh that squeaked out of her was the result of nerves, but it stuck and became part of her character.

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