Martha Huber
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| Martha Huber | |
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 Christine Estabrook as Martha Huber |
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| First appearance | Pilot (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | Guilty (episode 1.08) |
| Cause/Reason | Murdered by Paul Young |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 48 at death |
| Family | Millicent Tilman (mother) Felicia Tilman (sister) |
| Relationships | Mr. Huber (husband, deceased) |
| Portrayed by | Christine Estabrook |
| Created by | Marc Cherry |
Martha Huber (née Tilman) was a popular fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character was played by Christine Estabrook.
[edit] History
| “ | My idiot husband died and left me with a worthless pension. I was desperate for money, and it's better to take it from a bad person than a good one. How was I supposed to know she'd shoot herself? | ” |
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— Martha Huber
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Martha wrote the letter that caused Mary Alice Young to commit suicide, setting the main story of the first season in motion. The letter read, "I know what you did. It makes me sick. I'm going to tell.", referring to Mary Alice and Paul Young's buying Dierdre Taylor's baby and Mary Alice's subsequent murder of Dierdre. Martha also heard the gunshot when Mary Alice shot herself and, wanting an excuse to go over to the Youngs' house to investigate, got a blender she had borrowed from Mary Alice down off her shelf so that she could "just happen" to drop by to return it. When she saw that Mary Alice was dead, Martha smiled to herself, removed the "Property of Mary Alice Young" label from the blender, and placed it back on her own shelf.
Mary Alice Young introduces Martha Huber from her position as narrator in an episode of Desperate Housewives: "Martha Huber waited her whole life for something to happen to her, something exciting. As a child, she hoped to be kidnapped by a band of pirates. As a teenager, she dreamt of being discovered by a Hollywood talent scout. As a young woman, she fantasized that a handsome millionaire would sweep her off her feet. But the years had flown by, and still, nothing exciting had ever happened to Martha Huber. Until the night she was murdered. In those last moments, it occurred to her, in addition to being boring, life could also be very cruel. Luckily for Mrs. Huber, death was far more merciful.".
After Martha Huber was murdered by Paul Young, her sister Felicia Tilman comes to town to find out what happened to her.
[edit] Trivia
- Martha was originally planned to be called 'Edith Huber'.
- After the first draft of the pilot was written, Marc decided to make the nosey neighbor Asian. Her name would be Mrs. Chang. After that didn't work out, Marc went back to his original idea and made her Caucasian and named her 'Martha Huber.'
- As revealed in the Desperate Housewives Season One companion book, the character of Martha was not originally intended to die, instead she was going to be 'murdered' by Paul only to return later on in the season alive and well. This idea was scrapped after the network felt that it was unrealistic.
- 'Martha', was given the name on Marc Cherry's mother
| Desperate Housewives | ||
| Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Official site | ||
| Production | Marc Cherry | Characters | Actors | Awards | Broadcasting | DVD releases | Music | The Game | |
| Main characters |
Susan Mayer | Lynette Scavo | Bree Hodge | Gabrielle Solis | Edie Britt | Mary Alice Young Carlos Solis | Tom Scavo | Julie Mayer | Orson Hodge | Mike Delfino Andrew Van De Kamp | Danielle Van De Kamp | Preston and Porter Scavo | Parker Scavo | Ian Hainsworth |
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| Former main characters |
Betty Applewhite | Rex Van De Kamp | Paul Young | John Rowland | Zach Young | Karl Mayer |
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| Minor characters |
Carolyn Bigsby | Sophie Flickman | Maisy Gibbons | Ida Greenberg | Alma Hodge | Gloria Hodge |
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| Locations | Wisteria Lane | Eagle State | |
