Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and ''

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''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''

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'' (1997), '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001), ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with White Anglo-Sax ...

'' (2002), '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016), and ''

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'' (2018). She has also lent her voice to the animated films ''

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'' (1997), ''

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'' (1998), and '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2001). Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, winning

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for both ''

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'' and the 2013 revival of ''

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''. Martin also appeared on Broadway in '' Candide'', ''

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'', '' Fiddler on the Roof'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Act One''. She has received five nominations for the

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, more than any other actress in the award's history. She received her first nomination for the

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for the 2016 revival of ''

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''.

Early life

Andrea Martin was born in 1947 in

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, the eldest of three children of Sybil A. ('' née'' Manoogian) and John Papazian Martin (; 1917–2010). Her paternal grandparents were

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immigrants from Van, present-day Turkey who escaped the

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. Her maternal grandmother immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15. Her grandfather, an amateur thespian, changed the family's name from Papazian to Martin. Her maternal grandparents, who were from

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, started the Armenian School at the Chestnut Street Church. Andrea's father owned Martin's Foods, a grocery-store chain. She has mentioned that although her grandparents "did not know what assimilation was," her parents worked very hard to assimilate into the U.S. As such, Martin only started connecting with her ancestral identity later in life. When she was 2 years old, her mother's leg had broken, so she would often read to her daughter. She and her mother would often take turns reading Shakespeare, ''

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'', and

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’s ''

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''. She took piano lessons when she was 8, reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the

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and played the piano there. Martin transferred from

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to St. Joseph’s Academy before entering high school. She graduated from

Deering High School Deering High School (DHS) is a public high school in Portland, Maine, United States. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district. It is one of the three public high schools located in Portland, the others being Portland High Scho ...

in 1965, where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965.

Career

Soon after graduating from Emerson College, Martin won a role in a touring company of ''

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...

''. After frequent visits to Toronto, she relocated from New York City to Toronto in 1970 and immediately found steady work in television, film, and theater. In 1972, Martin played the character Robin in a Toronto production of ''

Godspell ''Godspell'' is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hym ...

'', with a company that included future stars Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and

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, and musical director

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. Two of her early film roles were in horror films, 1973's ''

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'', for which she won the Sitges Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and in 1974, as the bookish sorority sister Phyllis in '' Black Christmas'', a Canadian slasher. In 1976, she joined then-unknowns

John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its '' SCTV'' seri ...

, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara,

Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis (; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984) and ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), and as Russell ...

, and Joe Flaherty on the Canadian sketch comedy

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, '' SCTV'', which was set at fictional television station "Second City Television", or SCTV, in Melonville. Martin most notably portrayed leopard print-wearing station manager Edith Prickley, whose dealings with the staff, including president/owner Guy Caballero, clueless newscaster Earl Camembert, and washed-up actor Johnny LaRue, helped to provide much of the show's humor. Other notable characters Martin played included incomprehensible European immigrant Pirini Scleroso, organ saleswoman Edna Boil, feminist TV show host Libby Wolfson, and children's entertainer Mrs. Falbo. Her talent for impersonation was key in her humorous portrayals of

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Pauline Kael Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for ''The New Yorker'' magazine from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael's opinions oft ...

, Sally Field, Sophia Loren,

Beverly Sills Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned f ...

Lynn Redgrave Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. B ...

Linda Lavin Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom ''Alice'' and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway. After acting as a child, Lavin joined the C ...

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, Liza Minnelli,

Connie Francis Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937), known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...

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, Joni Mitchell, Alice B. Toklas,

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, and Indira Gandhi. In 1981, Martin was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Show for her work in ''SCTV''. Her 1970s stage work eventually included the Toronto branch of the

improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...

troupe

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, a group which produced almost the entire cast of '' SCTV''. In 1992, she made her

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debut in the musical ''

'', for which she won the Tony Award,

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, and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her additional Broadway credits include ''Candide'' (1997) and ''Oklahoma!'' (2002), and the Broadway premiere of ''

'' (2007), all of which brought her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Martin starred alongside

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Em ...

and

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in the Broadway revival of ''

''. For her performance as Juliette, she was nominated for a

Drama Desk The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fol ...

and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She wrote and performed in the critically acclaimed one-woman show ''Nude, Nude, Totally Nude'' in Los Angeles and New York City, receiving a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show. Her other theater credits include the leads in ''

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'' and '' Betty's Summer Vacation'', for which she won the Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress, both produced at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. During the winter of 2012–2013, she played Berthe, Pippin's grandmother, in the

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production of ''

'' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, singing the classic song "No Time At All". The show transferred to Broadway at the

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and opened in April 2013. For ''Pippin'' Martin won the

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, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the

. Martin's last performance as Berthe in the Broadway production of ''Pippin'' was on September 22, 2013. She appeared on Broadway in the new play written and directed by

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, '' Act One'', for which she received the Outer Critics Circle Award. Martin played Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy in a series of short segments on ''

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'', debuting in 1989. The character was based on Mrs. Falbo, one of Martin's ''SCTV'' characters. She also appeared on ''

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'' as the executive producer of a low-rated cable channel, which was spun-off into her own CBS series, ''Roxie''. Martin is known to '' Star Trek'' fans as one of two actresses to play Ishka, Quark's iconoclastic mother on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. For her role, she was made up to appear as an older woman, although in reality, Martin is less than three years older than

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, who played Quark. Martin has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1982 and 1983. She has done considerable voice work in animated film and television productions such as ''

'', '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''

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'', ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, a ...

'' as Aunt Miriam, '' The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue'' as Muriel - Floyd's wife, ''

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'' (as Apu's mother), '' Recess'' as Lunchlady Harriet, the 1999 version of ''The Woody Woodpecker Show'', ''

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'', '' Kim Possible'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of ''

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'' starring Bette Midler. In 1997, Martin starred in the television series '' Life... and Stuff''. Her screen credits include ''

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'', in which she played Dr. Ellen Wyckoff— Dan Bucatinsky's therapist mother, '' Club Paradise'', ''

'', '' All I Want for Christmas'', ''

Worth Winning ''Worth Winning'' is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Will Mackenzie and starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe and Lesley Ann Warren. It was written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, based on the novel by Dan Lewandowski. Plot Tay ...

'', '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', '' Stepping Out'', '' The Producers'', and ''

'', in which she portrayed Aunt Voula, a role she reprised in the small-screen adaptation, ''

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'', and the 2016 sequel, '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2''. In 2006, she played a major role in the remake of '' Black Christmas''. She played Helaine in the 2009 breakout independent film '' Breaking Upwards''. In the episode titled ''Pupil'', she played an emergency room patient on the Showtime series, ''

Nurse Jackie ''Nurse Jackie'' is an American medical comedy-drama television series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009, and its seventh and final season premiered on April 12, 2015. The series finale aired on June 28, 2015. The show stars Edie Fal ...

'', which was aired July 27, 2009. In 2012, she provided the voice of Penny in the '' American Dad!'' episode "Stan's Best Friend" and appeared in an episode of '' 30 Rock'' titled "My Whole Life Is Thunder." Martin appeared in '' Night at the Museum 3'' and Hulu's original series, ''

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'', starring Billy Eichner and

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, and produced by

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. It premiered August 5, 2015. She played Prudy Pingleton on ''

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'', which aired on December 7, 2016. She appears in the NBC sitcom ''

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''. Martin recently performed as Dotty Otley in the limited-run

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revival of ''

'', directed by

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. Martin was nominated for the

for her performance. Martin tours throughout Canada and the United States in her one-woman show, ''Andrea Martin: Final Days, Everything Must Go!'' with her musical director Seth Rudetsky. In 2018, Martin, along with fellow Canadians Seth Rogen and Leonard Cohen, was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Martin was set to perform on Broadway opposite

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beginning March 2019 in the world premiere of

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's new comedy '' Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,'' directed by George C. Wolfe. On March 4, 2019, Martin was announced to be withdrawing from the production, having broken four ribs in an accident during rehearsal.

Personal life

Martin divides her time between

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and

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. On December 8, 2017, on ''

The Marilyn Denis Show ''The Marilyn Denis Show'' is a Canadian daytime television talk show which debuted on January 10, 2011, on CTV and CTV 2 (formerly A-Channel). Hosted by Marilyn Denis, the show airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on CTV and 11 a.m. ET on CTV 2 (timeslots v ...

'', Martin announced that after 47 years in Canada, she had become a Canadian citizen. She was previously married to

Bob Dolman Robert Dolman (born October 28, 1949) is a Canadian screenwriter, actor, director and producer. His work in television includes '' SCTV'', ''SCTV Network 90'', and ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. Among his film credits are the screenplays for ''Willow'' ...

and had two sons with him, Joe and Jack. She has a grandchild via her eldest son.Henderson, Kath
"Andrea Martin"
broadway.com, December 17, 2007 Through her marriage to Dolman, she was the sister-in-law of actor/comedian Martin Short, who married Dolman’s sister Nancy.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Film and TV

Theatre

Published works

References

External links

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