Andrea Martin
Andrea Martin 
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| Birth name | Andrea Louise Martin |
| Birthplace | Portland (Maine) |
| Birth date | 15 January 1947 |
| Lived in | Portland (Maine), Winnipeg |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Profession | Actress |
| Languages | English |
| Ethnicities | Armenian |
| Spouses | Bob Dolman |
| Children | Joe Dolman, Jack Dolman |
Andrea Louise Martin (born Papazian, on January 15, 1947 in Maine) is an American (now Canadian) actress and comedian living in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada.
Andrea Martin was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine,[3] the eldest of three children of Sybil A. (née Manoogian) and John Papazian Martin (Armenian: Ջոն Փազազյան Մարտին).[4] Her paternal grandparents were Armenian immigrants who moved to the U.S. from the Ottoman Empire to escape the Armenian Genocide. Her grandfather changed the family's name from Papazian to Martin. Her maternal grandparents were Armenians from Yerevan and Constantinople (now Istanbul). Her father owned Martin's Foods, a grocery store chain.
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. Through her marriage to Dolman, she was the sister-in-law of actor/comedian Martin Short.
Since 2000, Martin has been a prominent spokesperson for the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) and host of their annual gala.
Martin is also a member of the charity Artists Against Racism, for which she has participated in a TV PSA.