Birth Place: Louisville, KY
Martha Rofheart (1917 - 1990) was an American writer of historical novels and an actress. She was born Martha Jones May 27, 1917 in Louisville, KY. A model with the Harry Conover agency[1] and then a stage actress on Broadway in the 1940s and 1950[2], she appeared in Blythe Spirit[1], Arsenic and Old Lace, The Heiress, The Respectful Prostitute, and other plays, and toured with stars such as Katherine Cornell, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne, and Maurice Evans. She was married twice, first to the actor Robert Emhardt in the 1940's with whom she appeared in The Pirate and Harriet on Broadway and the second time in November 1952 to an art director, Ralph Rofheart, with whom she had one child, Evan. Rofheart wrote six novels of historical fiction, beginning in 1972 with Fortune Made His Sword[3]/Cry God For Harry(UK), a novel of Henry V of England. "Fortune Made His Sword" received numerous rave reviews, including a full page in The New York Times Book Review of February 27, 1972, by the critic Granville Hicks.[4] The remarkable staying power of this novel is evidenced by relevant good reviews still be written forty years later.[5] Her novels were published in many languages throughout the world, including German, Dutch, Spanish and Serbian.[6]
Martha Jones has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Martha Jones has not appeared in the West End.
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