“He was fortunate to have had Broadway musical star, Mary Martin, for his mother.”
Maybe.
She was 17 when Larry was born. She pretty much abandoned him while she got divorced and chased her incomparable show business career. People always talk about Peter Pan, but what about South Pacific and the Sound of Music? And Annie Get Your Gun and Hello Dolly. Larry was being raised by his father and by boarding schools up to a point. When he did live in the NY area with Mary, he battled with her husband, who was also her manager.
I believe Larry’s successful career was in spite in his famous mother, not because of her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Martin
Don’t believe I gave credit to MM for her son’s famous career; and perhaps that’s not what you meant. (Writing is so one dimensional - - )
I think most people didn’t even realize who his mother was.
And of course I meant how ‘lucky’ to have had such a talented mother.
The picture you paint of Hagman’s upbringing - wonder why I am surprised - however, guess this has been more often than not, the background and upbringing of so many ‘famous’ people.