Mary Ford (born on July 7, 1924 with her original name Iris Colleen Summers) was one-half of a husband-wife musical duo; the other half being Les Paul.

Ford was born in Pasadena, California. The name Mary Ford was picked out of a telephone directory by Paul, so she had as short a name as he did when they recorded as a duo. She was originally a country music performer, working with Gene Autry and Jimmy Wakely, and became one of the early practitioners of multi-tracking, where she recorded several parts of a multi-part harmony. She, Patti Page (who was probably the first), and Jane Turzy were three singers who used multi-tracking on their hits in the early 1950s.

She was a couple with Paul from 1946, and married in 1949. In 1964 they broke up both personally and professionally; Mary Ford went into retirement; Les Paul continued as a consultant for the Gibson Company, guitar makers.

Mary Ford died on September 30, 1977, of complications from diabetes in Arcadia, California at the age of 53.