Background
Rocafort, a fashion model, was the eldest daughter of Blas Manuel Rocafort y González, a prominent Cuban dentist, and wife Rogelia Altuzarra y Carbonell.
Rocafort, a fashion model, was the eldest daughter of Blas Manuel Rocafort y González, a prominent Cuban dentist, and wife Rogelia Altuzarra y Carbonell.
Her siblings were Elvira and Blas Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra. On 3 July 1937, the Count married Rocafort-Atuzarrra in a lavish wedding in Havana, Cuba attended by the President of Cuba, Federico Laredo Brú. The widowed countess then married the Miami millionaire, Thomas East. H. "Tommy" Atkins, Junior. at the Central Baptist Church in Miami on 19 March 1938.
Her former husband died six months later in Miami on 6 September 1938.
Marta Atkins married a third time to Rodolfo Caballero. Her nephew is the Spanish fashion designer Juanjo Rocafort (Juan José Rocafort Burgos).