[citation needed] In 1901, at age 10, Martin made her stage debut alongside Richard Mansfield in Cyrano de Bergerac.

[7][19] Other early stage credits include Stop Thief, Officer 666, and The Only Son,[6] as well as the title role in Peter Pan, which Martin played for two years after succeeding Maude Adams.

[citation needed] Her first role was in The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) for the World Film Company, in which she played Sally, a parson's daughter.

Her theatrical revival began with a three-act comedy entitled First Night Out by Adelaide Matthews and Ann Nichols.

[22] From February 28, 1926, until his death in March 1938, Martin's husband was advertising writer, magazine editor, radio executive, and erstwhile composer Arthur Hiram Samuels.