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Andrea Martin

Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian,[2] best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974), Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), and Little Italy (2018). She has also lent her voice to the animated films Anastasia (1997), The Rugrats Movie (1998), and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001).

Andrea Martin
Martin in 2019
Born
Andrea Louise Martin

(1947-01-15) January 15, 1947 (age 76)[1]
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Canada
Alma materEmerson College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • singer
Years active1970–present
Spouse
(divorced)
Children2

Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, winning Tony Awards for both My Favorite Year and the 2013 revival of Pippin. Martin also appeared on Broadway in Candide, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, Exit the King, and Act One. She has received five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, more than any other actress in the award's history. She received her first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2016 revival of Noises Off.

Early life

Andrea Martin was born on January 15, 1947, in Portland, Maine,[3][4] the eldest of three children of Sybil A. (née Manoogian) and John Papazian Martin (Armenian: Ջոն Փազազյան Մարտին; 1917–2010).[5][6] Her paternal grandparents were Armenian immigrants from Van, present-day Turkey who escaped the Armenian Genocide.[7] Her maternal grandmother immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15.[8] Her grandfather, an amateur thespian, changed the family's name from Papazian to Martin. Her maternal grandparents, who were from Constantinople, started the Armenian School at the Chestnut Street Church.[9][10][11][8][12][13][14] Andrea's father owned Martin's Foods, a grocery-store chain.[15] 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.[16]

When she was two 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, Paul Revere's Ride, and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. She took piano lessons when she was eight, reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the Portland Art Museum and played the piano there. Martin transferred from Nathan Clifford School to St. Joseph’s Academy before entering high school. She graduated from Deering High School in 1965, where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965.[9]

Career

Soon after graduating from Emerson College, Martin won a role in a touring company of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. 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, with a company that included future stars Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber, and musical director Paul Shaffer.[17] Two of her early film roles were in horror films, 1973's Cannibal Girls, 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, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Joe Flaherty on the Canadian sketch comedy television series, 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 Pirini Scleroso, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, 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 Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, Arlene Francis, Pauline Kael, Sally Field, Sophia Loren, Beverly Sills, Lynn Redgrave, Linda Lavin, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Connie Francis, Mother Teresa, Joni Mitchell, Alice B. Toklas, Patti Smith, Brenda Vaccaro, and Indira Gandhi.[18] 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 troupe The Second City, a group which produced almost the entire cast of SCTV. In 1992, she made her Broadway debut in the musical My Favorite Year, for which she won the Tony Award, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[19]

Her additional Broadway credits include Candide (1997) and Oklahoma! (2002), and the Broadway premiere of Young Frankenstein (2007), all of which brought her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[20]

Martin starred alongside Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon in the Broadway revival of Exit the King. For her performance as Juliette, she was nominated for a Drama Desk 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,[21] receiving a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show.

Her other theater credits include the leads in The Rose Tattoo 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 American Repertory Theater production of Pippin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, singing the classic song "No Time At All".[22] The show transferred to Broadway at the Music Box Theatre and opened in April 2013. For Pippin Martin won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. 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 James Lapine, Act One, for which she received the Outer Critics Circle Award.[23][24]

Martin played Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy in a series of short segments on Sesame Street, debuting in 1989. The character was based on Mrs. Falbo, one of Martin's SCTV characters. She also appeared on Kate & Allie 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 Armin Shimerman, 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 Anastasia, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Rugrats as Aunt Miriam, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue as Muriel - Floyd's wife, The Simpsons (as Apu's mother), Recess as Lunchlady Harriet, the 1999 version of The Woody Woodpecker Show, Earthworm Jim, Kim Possible, The Buzz On Maggie, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Brother Bear 2. She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler.[25]

In 1997, Martin starred in the television series Life... and Stuff.[26]

Her screen credits include All Over the Guy, in which she played Dr. Ellen Wyckoff—Dan Bucatinsky's therapist mother, Club Paradise, Wag the Dog, All I Want for Christmas, Worth Winning, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Stepping Out, The Producers, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, in which she portrayed Aunt Voula, a role she reprised in the small-screen adaptation, My Big Fat Greek Life, 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, 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, Difficult People, starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner, and produced by Amy Poehler. It premiered August 5, 2015. She played Prudy Pingleton on Hairspray Live!, which aired on December 7, 2016.

She appears in the NBC sitcom Working the Engels.

Martin recently[when?] performed as Dotty Otley in the limited-run Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Noises Off, directed by Jeremy Herrin. Martin was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 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.[citation needed]

Martin was set to perform on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane beginning March 2019 in the world premiere of Taylor Mac'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.[27]

Personal life

Martin divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto. On December 8, 2017, on The Marilyn Denis Show, Martin announced that after 47 years in Canada, she had become a Canadian citizen. She was previously married to Bob Dolman and had two sons with him, Joe and Jack. She has a grandchild via her eldest son.[28] Through her marriage to Dolman, she was the sister-in-law of actor/comedian Martin Short, who married Dolman’s sister Nancy.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Foxy Lady Girl Next Door
1973 Cannibal Girls Gloria Wellaby
1974 Black Christmas Phyllis "Phyl" Carlson
1980 Wholly Moses! Zipporah
1982 Soup for One Concord Seductress
1986 Club Paradise Linda White
1987 Innerspace Waiting Room Patient
1988 Martha, Ruth and Edie Ruth
Kid Safe: The Video Kathy Tudor Educational video
1989 Rude Awakening April Stool
Worth Winning Claire Broudy
1990 Too Much Sun Bitsy
1991 Stepping Out Dorothy
All I Want for Christmas Olivia
Ted & Venus Bag Lady
1992 Itsy Bitsy Spider Music Teacher Short
The Trial of Red Riding Hood Grandma Direct-to-video
1996 Bogus Penny
1997 Anastasia Phlegmenkoff, Old Woman Voice
Wag the Dog Liz Butsky
1998 The Rugrats Movie Aunt Miriam Pickles Voice
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue Muriel Voice, direct-to-video
1999 Bartok the Magnificent Baba Yaga Voice, direct-to-video
2000 Believe Muriel Twyman
Loser Professor
2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Phyllis Stein
Recess: School's Out Lunchlady Harriet Voice
All Over the Guy Dr. Ellen Wyckoff
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Ms. Fowl Voice
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Aunt Voula
2004 New York Minute Senator Anne Lipton
2005 The Producers Kiss Me-Feel Me
2006 The TV Set Becky
Brother Bear 2 Anda Voice, direct-to-video
How to Eat Fried Worms Mrs. Bommley
Young Triffie Mrs. Grace Melrose
Black Christmas Barbara 'Ms. Mac' MacHenry
2007 Barbie as the Island Princess Queen Ariana Voice, direct-to-video
2008 The Toe Tactic Honey
2009 Breaking Upwards Helaine
2012 BuzzKill Lil Albright
Girl Most Likely Stage Zelda
Delivering the Goods Anna
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Rose (Archivist)
2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Aunt Voula
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Hungry Tiger Voice, direct-to-video
2017 They Shall Not Perish Baidzar Bakalian
2018 Diane Bobbie
Little Italy Franca
2023 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Aunt Voula

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour Baffin Islander, Anthem Singer #2 Episode dated September 18
1975 King of Kensington Wilma Willoughby Episode: "The Joy of Kensington"
1976 The Sunshine Hour Regular
The Rimshots Television film
1976–1977 The David Steinberg Show Julie Liverfoot 3 episodes
1976–1984 Second City Television Various Main role
1981 Titans George Sand Episode: "George Sand"
1986 Kate & Allie Eddie Gordon 2 episodes
1987 Roxie Roxie Brinkerhoff 6 episodes
1987–2009 Sesame Street Wanda Falbo, Various 8 episodes
1988 The Elephant Show Herself Episode: "Unicef"
Poison Melissa
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Deidre Freebus Main role
1989 The Tracey Ullman Show Therapy Patient Episode #3.20
1991 The Carol Burnett Show Skit characters
1992 Camp Candy Additional voices Episode: "When It Rains... It Snows"
Maniac Mansion Dr. Fontana Blue Episode: "Idella's Breakdown"
Darkwing Duck Splatter Phoenix Voice, episode: "Paint Misbehavin'"
Goof Troop Mrs. Willoughby Voice, episode: "Goofin' Up the Social Ladder"
Frosty Returns Miss Carbuncle Voice, TV special
Boris and Natasha: The Movie Toots Television film
1992–2002 Rugrats Aunt Miriam Pickles Voice, 7 episodes
1992–1995 Bobby's World Nafoodjia/Constance Voice, 3 episodes
1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Gromble's Mom Voice, episode: "Mother, May I"
The Martin Short Show Alice Manoogan 3 episodes
Batman: The Animated Series Mighty Mom/Lisa Lorraine Voice, episode: "Make 'Em Laugh"
Duckman Madame Rosebud Voice, episode: "A Civil War"
1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Ishka Episode: "Family Business"
1995–1996 Earthworm Jim Queen Slug-For-A-Butt Voice, 12 episodes
1996 Duckman Mayor Gallagher Voice, episode: "The Longest Weekend"
1996 Freakazoid! Jeepers' Neighbor Voice, episode: "Statuesque"
1997 Life... and Stuff Christine Episode: "Life... and Fisticuffs"
Recess Lunchlady Harriet Voice
Meego Connie Episode: "The Truth About Cars and Dogs"
The Simpsons Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilon Voice, episode: "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
1998 Damon Carol Czynencko 7 episodes
The Lionhearts Additional voices Episode: "But Some of My Best Friends Are Clowns"
CatDog Talluhla, Indian Voice, episode: "All About Cat/Trespassing"
The Wild Thornberrys Mother Condor Voice, episode: "Flight of the Donnie"
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Ms. Entebee Voice, 3 episodes
1998–1999 Hercules Additional voices 5 episodes
1998–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Mad Harriet Voice, 4 episodes
1999 Timon & Pumbaa Queen Bee Voice, episode: "To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee"
The Outer Limits Lil Vaughn Episode: "Joyride"
The Norm Show Millie Episode: "Norm vs. Death"
1999–2000 George and Martha Martha 26 episodes
1999–2002 The New Woody Woodpecker Show Ms. Meany Voice, main role
2001 Committed Frances Wilder 2 episodes
DAG Betty Winn Episode: "Basketball Jones"
Primetime Glick Anne Heche 2 episodes
2002 Just for Laughs Edith Prickley
Ed Kaye Pazzuti Episode: "Two Days of Freedom"
Crossing Jordan Nora Kaminski Episode: "Miracles & Wonders"
2002–2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Ms. Winfred Fowl Voice, main role
2003 My Big Fat Greek Life Voula 7 episodes
Ozzy & Drix Aunti Histamine Voice, episode: "Aunti Histamine"
2003–2007 Kim Possible Mrs. Stoppable Voice, recurring role
2005 Chilly Beach Lucretia Marinara Episode: "You've Got Meat"
Hope & Faith Madame Elizabeth Episode: "Season Finale"
2006 Kitchen Confidential Margie Episode: "The Robbery"
Cracking Up Carol Baxter Episode: "The Fixer"
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Monster Wife Voice, episode: "Be A-Fred, Be Very A-Fred"
2007 St. Urbain's Horseman Sarah Hersh Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
Insatiable
SpongeBob SquarePants Miss Gristlepuss Voice, episode: "Banned in Bikini Bottom"
2009 Nurse Jackie Mrs. Greenfield Episode: "Pupil"
2010 Little Mosque on the Prairie Dr. Lois Kettlebaum Episode: "The Letter"
Dino Dan Mrs. Hahn 3 episodes
2010–2011 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Various Voice, 3 episodes
2012 30 Rock Bonnie Episode: "My Whole Life Is Thunder"
2012–2013 Fugget About It The Virgin Mary Voice, 3 episodes
2013 Crash & Bernstein Mother Green Episode: "Crash on the Run"
2014 Working the Engels Ceil Engel 12 episodes
American Dad! Sri Lankan Worker Voice, episode: "Now and Gwen"
2015 The Jack and Triumph Show Elena Ekalakavarakova Episode: "The Commercial"
Modern Family Fig Wilson Episode: "White Christmas"
2015–2017 Difficult People Marilyn Kessler 26 episodes
2016 Hairspray Live! Prudy Pingleton TV special
2017 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Linda P. Episode: "Kimmy Googles the Internet!"
2017–2018 Great News Carol Wendelson Main role
2017–2019 The Good Fight Francesa Lovatelli 5 episodes
2019 Will & Grace Zusanna Zoggin Episode: "The Pursuit of Happiness"
Elena of Avalor Queen Abigail Voice, 2 episodes
2019–2021 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Mrs. Bigby Voice, 5 episodes
2020 Corner Gas Animated Herself Voice, episode: "The Fat and The Furious"
2021–present Evil Sister Andrea 10 episodes
2021 Harlem Robin Goodman 3 episodes
2022 Would I Lie to You? Herself Episode: "Child Toy Model"
Only Murders in the Building Joy 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Film and TV

Theatre

Year Award Category Work Result
1993 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical My Favorite Year Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
Theatre World Award Honoree
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Solo Performance Nude Nude Totally Nude Nominated
1997 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Candide Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2002 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Oklahoma! Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Elliot Norton Award Outstanding Actress, Large Company Betty's Summer Vacation Won
2008 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Young Frankenstein Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2009 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Exit the King Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated
2013 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Pippin Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won
Astaire Award Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show Nominated
Elliot Norton Award Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress Won
2014 IRNE Award Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Won
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Featured Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Act One Won
2016 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play Noises Off Nominated

Published works

  • Martin, Andrea (2014). Andrea Martin's Lady Parts. Harper. ISBN 978-0062387288.

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This article is about the actress and comedian For other uses see Andrea Martin disambiguation Andrea Louise Martin born January 15 1947 is an American Canadian actress singer and comedian 2 best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas 1974 Wag the Dog 1997 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 2016 and Little Italy 2018 She has also lent her voice to the animated films Anastasia 1997 The Rugrats Movie 1998 and Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius 2001 Andrea MartinMartin in 2019BornAndrea Louise Martin 1947 01 15 January 15 1947 age 76 1 Portland Maine U S CitizenshipUnited StatesCanadaAlma materEmerson CollegeOccupationsActress comedian singerYears active1970 presentSpouseBob Dolman divorced wbr Children2Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater winning Tony Awards for both My Favorite Year and the 2013 revival of Pippin Martin also appeared on Broadway in Candide Oklahoma Fiddler on the Roof Young Frankenstein Exit the King and Act One She has received five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical more than any other actress in the award s history She received her first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2016 revival of Noises Off Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 5 1 Film and TV 5 2 Theatre 6 Published works 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditAndrea Martin was born on January 15 1947 in Portland Maine 3 4 the eldest of three children of Sybil A nee Manoogian and John Papazian Martin Armenian Ջոն Փազազյան Մարտին 1917 2010 5 6 Her paternal grandparents were Armenian immigrants from Van present day Turkey who escaped the Armenian Genocide 7 Her maternal grandmother immigrated to the U S at the age of 15 8 Her grandfather an amateur thespian changed the family s name from Papazian to Martin Her maternal grandparents who were from Constantinople started the Armenian School at the Chestnut Street Church 9 10 11 8 12 13 14 Andrea s father owned Martin s Foods a grocery store chain 15 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 16 When she was two 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 Paul Revere s Ride and Edgar Allan Poe s The Raven She took piano lessons when she was eight reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the Portland Art Museum and played the piano there Martin transferred from Nathan Clifford School to St Joseph s Academy before entering high school She graduated from Deering High School in 1965 where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965 9 Career EditSoon after graduating from Emerson College Martin won a role in a touring company of You re a Good Man Charlie Brown 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 with a company that included future stars Gilda Radner Martin Short Eugene Levy and Victor Garber and musical director Paul Shaffer 17 Two of her early film roles were in horror films 1973 s Cannibal Girls 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 Dave Thomas Eugene Levy Catherine O Hara Harold Ramis and Joe Flaherty on the Canadian sketch comedy television series 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 Pirini Scleroso an immigrant from Eastern Europe 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 Barbra Streisand Ethel Merman Arlene Francis Pauline Kael Sally Field Sophia Loren Beverly Sills Lynn Redgrave Linda Lavin Bernadette Peters Liza Minnelli Connie Francis Mother Teresa Joni Mitchell Alice B Toklas Patti Smith Brenda Vaccaro and Indira Gandhi 18 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 troupe The Second City a group which produced almost the entire cast of SCTV In 1992 she made her Broadway debut in the musical My Favorite Year for which she won the Tony Award Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 19 Her additional Broadway credits include Candide 1997 and Oklahoma 2002 and the Broadway premiere of Young Frankenstein 2007 all of which brought her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 20 Martin starred alongside Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon in the Broadway revival of Exit the King For her performance as Juliette she was nominated for a Drama Desk 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 21 receiving a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show Her other theater credits include the leads in The Rose Tattoo 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 American Repertory Theater production of Pippin in Cambridge Massachusetts singing the classic song No Time At All 22 The show transferred to Broadway at the Music Box Theatre and opened in April 2013 For Pippin Martin won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 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 James Lapine Act One for which she received the Outer Critics Circle Award 23 24 Martin played Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy in a series of short segments on Sesame Street debuting in 1989 The character was based on Mrs Falbo one of Martin s SCTV characters She also appeared on Kate amp Allie 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 Armin Shimerman 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 Anastasia The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Rugrats as Aunt Miriam The Secret of NIMH 2 Timmy to the Rescue as Muriel Floyd s wife The Simpsons as Apu s mother Recess as Lunchlady Harriet the 1999 version of The Woody Woodpecker Show Earthworm Jim Kim Possible The Buzz On Maggie SpongeBob SquarePants and Brother Bear 2 She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler 25 In 1997 Martin starred in the television series Life and Stuff 26 Her screen credits include All Over the Guy in which she played Dr Ellen Wyckoff Dan Bucatinsky s therapist mother Club Paradise Wag the Dog All I Want for Christmas Worth Winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch Stepping Out The Producers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding in which she portrayed Aunt Voula a role she reprised in the small screen adaptation My Big Fat Greek Life 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 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 Difficult People starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner and produced by Amy Poehler It premiered August 5 2015 She played Prudy Pingleton on Hairspray Live which aired on December 7 2016 She appears in the NBC sitcom Working the Engels Martin recently when performed as Dotty Otley in the limited run Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Noises Off directed by Jeremy Herrin Martin was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 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 citation needed Martin was set to perform on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane beginning March 2019 in the world premiere of Taylor Mac 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 27 Personal life EditMartin divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto On December 8 2017 on The Marilyn Denis Show Martin announced that after 47 years in Canada she had become a Canadian citizen She was previously married to Bob Dolman and had two sons with him Joe and Jack She has a grandchild via her eldest son 28 Through her marriage to Dolman she was the sister in law of actor comedian Martin Short who married Dolman s sister Nancy Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1971 Foxy Lady Girl Next Door1973 Cannibal Girls Gloria Wellaby1974 Black Christmas Phyllis Phyl Carlson1980 Wholly Moses Zipporah1982 Soup for One Concord Seductress1986 Club Paradise Linda White1987 Innerspace Waiting Room Patient1988 Martha Ruth and Edie RuthKid Safe The Video Kathy Tudor Educational video1989 Rude Awakening April StoolWorth Winning Claire Broudy1990 Too Much Sun Bitsy1991 Stepping Out DorothyAll I Want for Christmas OliviaTed amp Venus Bag Lady1992 Itsy Bitsy Spider Music Teacher ShortThe Trial of Red Riding Hood Grandma Direct to video1996 Bogus Penny1997 Anastasia Phlegmenkoff Old Woman VoiceWag the Dog Liz Butsky1998 The Rugrats Movie Aunt Miriam Pickles VoiceThe Secret of NIMH 2 Timmy to the Rescue Muriel Voice direct to video1999 Bartok the Magnificent Baba Yaga Voice direct to video2000 Believe Muriel TwymanLoser Professor2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Phyllis SteinRecess School s Out Lunchlady Harriet VoiceAll Over the Guy Dr Ellen WyckoffJimmy Neutron Boy Genius Ms Fowl Voice2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Aunt Voula2004 New York Minute Senator Anne Lipton2005 The Producers Kiss Me Feel Me2006 The TV Set BeckyBrother Bear 2 Anda Voice direct to videoHow to Eat Fried Worms Mrs BommleyYoung Triffie Mrs Grace MelroseBlack Christmas Barbara Ms Mac MacHenry2007 Barbie as the Island Princess Queen Ariana Voice direct to video2008 The Toe Tactic Honey2009 Breaking Upwards Helaine2012 BuzzKill Lil AlbrightGirl Most Likely Stage ZeldaDelivering the Goods Anna2014 Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb Rose Archivist 2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Aunt VoulaTom and Jerry Back to Oz Hungry Tiger Voice direct to video2017 They Shall Not Perish Baidzar Bakalian2018 Diane BobbieLittle Italy Franca2023 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Aunt VoulaTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1971 The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour Baffin Islander Anthem Singer 2 Episode dated September 181975 King of Kensington Wilma Willoughby Episode The Joy of Kensington 1976 The Sunshine Hour RegularThe Rimshots Television film1976 1977 The David Steinberg Show Julie Liverfoot 3 episodes1976 1984 Second City Television Various Main role1981 Titans George Sand Episode George Sand 1986 Kate amp Allie Eddie Gordon 2 episodes1987 Roxie Roxie Brinkerhoff 6 episodes1987 2009 Sesame Street Wanda Falbo Various 8 episodes1988 The Elephant Show Herself Episode Unicef Poison MelissaThe Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Deidre Freebus Main role1989 The Tracey Ullman Show Therapy Patient Episode 3 201991 The Carol Burnett Show Skit characters1992 Camp Candy Additional voices Episode When It Rains It Snows Maniac Mansion Dr Fontana Blue Episode Idella s Breakdown Darkwing Duck Splatter Phoenix Voice episode Paint Misbehavin Goof Troop Mrs Willoughby Voice episode Goofin Up the Social Ladder Frosty Returns Miss Carbuncle Voice TV specialBoris and Natasha The Movie Toots Television film1992 2002 Rugrats Aunt Miriam Pickles Voice 7 episodes1992 1995 Bobby s World Nafoodjia Constance Voice 3 episodes1994 Aaahh Real Monsters Gromble s Mom Voice episode Mother May I The Martin Short Show Alice Manoogan 3 episodesBatman The Animated Series Mighty Mom Lisa Lorraine Voice episode Make Em Laugh Duckman Madame Rosebud Voice episode A Civil War 1995 Star Trek Deep Space Nine Ishka Episode Family Business 1995 1996 Earthworm Jim Queen Slug For A Butt Voice 12 episodes1996 Duckman Mayor Gallagher Voice episode The Longest Weekend 1996 Freakazoid Jeepers Neighbor Voice episode Statuesque 1997 Life and Stuff Christine Episode Life and Fisticuffs Recess Lunchlady Harriet VoiceMeego Connie Episode The Truth About Cars and Dogs The Simpsons Mrs Nahasapeemapetilon Voice episode The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons 1998 Damon Carol Czynencko 7 episodesThe Lionhearts Additional voices Episode But Some of My Best Friends Are Clowns CatDog Talluhla Indian Voice episode All About Cat Trespassing The Wild Thornberrys Mother Condor Voice episode Flight of the Donnie Pinky Elmyra amp the Brain Ms Entebee Voice 3 episodes1998 1999 Hercules Additional voices 5 episodes1998 2000 Superman The Animated Series Mad Harriet Voice 4 episodes1999 Timon amp Pumbaa Queen Bee Voice episode To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee The Outer Limits Lil Vaughn Episode Joyride The Norm Show Millie Episode Norm vs Death 1999 2000 George and Martha Martha 26 episodes1999 2002 The New Woody Woodpecker Show Ms Meany Voice main role2001 Committed Frances Wilder 2 episodesDAG Betty Winn Episode Basketball Jones Primetime Glick Anne Heche 2 episodes2002 Just for Laughs Edith PrickleyEd Kaye Pazzuti Episode Two Days of Freedom Crossing Jordan Nora Kaminski Episode Miracles amp Wonders 2002 2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius Ms Winfred Fowl Voice main role2003 My Big Fat Greek Life Voula 7 episodesOzzy amp Drix Aunti Histamine Voice episode Aunti Histamine 2003 2007 Kim Possible Mrs Stoppable Voice recurring role2005 Chilly Beach Lucretia Marinara Episode You ve Got Meat Hope amp Faith Madame Elizabeth Episode Season Finale 2006 Kitchen Confidential Margie Episode The Robbery Cracking Up Carol Baxter Episode The Fixer The Grim Adventures of Billy amp Mandy Monster Wife Voice episode Be A Fred Be Very A Fred 2007 St Urbain s Horseman Sarah Hersh Episode Part 1 amp 2 InsatiableSpongeBob SquarePants Miss Gristlepuss Voice episode Banned in Bikini Bottom 2009 Nurse Jackie Mrs Greenfield Episode Pupil 2010 Little Mosque on the Prairie Dr Lois Kettlebaum Episode The Letter Dino Dan Mrs Hahn 3 episodes2010 2011 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That Various Voice 3 episodes2012 30 Rock Bonnie Episode My Whole Life Is Thunder 2012 2013 Fugget About It The Virgin Mary Voice 3 episodes2013 Crash amp Bernstein Mother Green Episode Crash on the Run 2014 Working the Engels Ceil Engel 12 episodesAmerican Dad Sri Lankan Worker Voice episode Now and Gwen 2015 The Jack and Triumph Show Elena Ekalakavarakova Episode The Commercial Modern Family Fig Wilson Episode White Christmas 2015 2017 Difficult People Marilyn Kessler 26 episodes2016 Hairspray Live Prudy Pingleton TV special2017 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Linda P Episode Kimmy Googles the Internet 2017 2018 Great News Carol Wendelson Main role2017 2019 The Good Fight Francesa Lovatelli 5 episodes2019 Will amp Grace Zusanna Zoggin Episode The Pursuit of Happiness Elena of Avalor Queen Abigail Voice 2 episodes2019 2021 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Mrs Bigby Voice 5 episodes2020 Corner Gas Animated Herself Voice episode The Fat and The Furious 2021 present Evil Sister Andrea 10 episodes2021 Harlem Robin Goodman 3 episodes2022 Would I Lie to You Herself Episode Child Toy Model Only Murders in the Building Joy 2 episodesAwards and nominations EditFilm and TV Edit Year Award Category Work Result1973 Sitges Film Festival Award Best Actress Cannibal Girls Won1982 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Second City Television NominatedOutstanding Writing for a Variety Series WonNominatedNominatedNominated1983 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series WonNominatedNominatedNominatedNominated2003 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nominated2022 Critics Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Evil NominatedTheatre Edit Year Award Category Work Result1993 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical My Favorite Year WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical WonTheatre World Award Honoree1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Solo Performance Nude Nude Totally Nude Nominated1997 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Candide NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated2002 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Oklahoma NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical NominatedElliot Norton Award Outstanding Actress Large Company Betty s Summer Vacation Won2008 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Young Frankenstein NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated2009 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Exit the King NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated2013 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Pippin WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical WonDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical WonAstaire Award Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show NominatedElliot Norton Award Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress Won2014 IRNE Award Best Supporting Actress in a Musical WonLos Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Featured Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Act One Won2016 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play Noises Off NominatedPublished works EditMartin Andrea 2014 Andrea Martin s Lady Parts Harper ISBN 978 0062387288 References Edit MILESTONES January 15 birthdays for Pitbull Skrillex Andrea Martin January 15 2019 Andrea Martin Listing TV Guide accessed August 31 2011 Rose Mike January 15 2023 Today s famous birthdays list for January 15 2023 includes celebrities Dove Cameron Pitbull Cleveland com Retrieved January 16 2023 Secretary of State s Kids Page Famous People from Maine Andrea Martin State of Maine gov Archived from the original on October 19 2011 Retrieved August 31 2011 John Papazian Martin Portland Press Herald Maine Sunday Telegram November 17 2010 Retrieved August 28 2022 via Legacy com Routher Ray April 28 2002 Doing OK Maine Sunday Telegram Portland Maine p 1E Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved July 5 2011 Martin Andrea 2014 Lady Parts HarperCollins ISBN 9781443409414 Retrieved August 21 2022 via Google Books page needed a b Hoey Dennis November 15 2010 Feature Obituary John P Martin 93 pioneer in two Maine industries Portland Press Herald Retrieved August 29 2022 a b Cohen Fritzi June 1987 Funny Girl Or What to do With Your Life if You re Miss Deering High 1965 PDF Portland Monthly Vol 2 no 5 pp 13 19 An Interview with Actress Andrea Martin Armenian National Committee of America May 5 2017 Retrieved August 29 2022 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Concert for America Andrea Martin amp Seth Rudetsky YouTube Wadler Joyce January 26 2005 Boldface Names Today He Would Have His Own Show on Fox The New York Times Anstead Alicia March 3 2005 Andrea Martin Bangor Daily News Archived from the original on February 2 2007 Sybil A Martin Portland Press Herald January 19 1995 p 11B Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved July 5 2011 Intini John March 16 2005 Andrea Martin finishes the sentences Macleans Archived from the original on January 11 2009 Atamian Christopher The Funniest Woman West of Istanbul Aurora Humanitarian Prize Retrieved August 29 2022 Godspell Toronto Production 1972 http www ovrtur com accessed August 16 2014 Andrea Martin Characters and Impersonations sctvguide ca accessed August 31 2011 PIPPIN s Andrea Martin Wins Best Featured Actress Musical BroadwayWorld June 9 2013 Retrieved March 17 2018 PIPPIN s Andrea Martin Wins Best Featured Actress Musical BroadwayWorld April 28 2014 Retrieved March 17 2018 Brantley Ben Theater Review Overly Fond of Food and Doris Day for Starters The New York Times April 5 1996 Pippin boston com Gans Andrew May 12 2014 64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced Gentleman s Guide Wins Four Awards Playbill Retrieved March 17 2018 Feinberg Scott Rooney David June 2 2014 Tonys Who Should Win Who Will Win Analysis The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved March 17 2018 Andrea Martin Launches Official Website BroadwayWorld April 13 2011 Retrieved March 17 2018 Review Life and Stuff Variety June 6 1997 Retrieved April 29 2017 McPhee Ryan March 4 2019 Julie White Joins Broadway s Gary as Andrea Martin Withdraws First Performance Delayed Playbill Retrieved March 5 2019 Henderson Kathy Andrea Martin broadway com December 17 2007External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrea Martin Andrea Martin at IMDb Andrea Martin at the TCM Movie Database Andrea Martin at the 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