1992 Tony Award for "My Favorite Year"
According to weekly Variety she has been cast as Frau Brucher in the Broadway bound Young Frankenstein 2007.
Andrea Martin is of Armenian descent - her grandfather's last name was Papazian when he immigrated in the early 1900s from Ottoman Turkey. When he settled his family in Maine, he changed the last name from Papazian to Martin.
Ex-sister-in-law of Nancy Dolman and Martin Short.
Following college graduation she immediately relocated to New York and landed the role of Lucy in the first national tour of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" within a short time. She earned her Equity card and toured with the show for six months.
Former member of Toronto Second City.
Has two sons - Joe Dolman (b. 1983) and Jack Dolman (b. 1981).
Nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Young Frankenstein".
Performed in children's theatre and summer stock before enrolling in Boston's Emerson College where she majored in theatre and speech.
Was a member of the legendary Toronto production of Godspell, along with Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Victor Garber and musical director Paul Shaffer.
Won Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "My Favorite Year." Subsequently, she has twice been nominated in the same category: in 1997 for a reviival of "Candide" and in 2002 for playing Aunt Eller in a revival of "Oklahoma!"
Won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1982 and 1983.
Wrote/Performed in critically acclaimed one-woman show in Los Angeles and New York entitled "Nude, Nude, Totally Nude".