Anne-Marie Martin

Biography

Born in Toronto as Edmonda Benton, Anne-Marie Martin is a Canadian former actress who also works as a screenwriter and equestrian. She worked with Toronto theater director Hrant Alianak at Theatre Passe Muraille before moving into screen work credited as Eddie Benton. Her early credits include the telefilm Dr. Strange (1978), the slasher film Prom Night (1980), Savage Harvest (1981), The Boogens (1981), and the science fiction film The Shape of Things to Come (1979). On television she was a regular on the short-lived series Rafferty in 1977 and Time Express in 1979, guest starred on shows including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and T. J. Hooker, and played attorney Gwen Davies on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1985. Alan Spencer cast her as Sgt. Dori Doreau in the comedy series Sledge Hammer!, which she appeared in from 1986 to 1988.

68years old

Turns 69 on November 11in 33 days

Born November 11, 1957Toronto
Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Edmonda Benton (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 6 years1978 to 1984

Every film, newest first

1984RunawayIMDb rating 5.9
1981The BoogensIMDb rating 5.5
1980Prom NightIMDb rating 5.3
1979The Shape of Things to ComeIMDb rating 3.2
1978Dr. StrangeIMDb rating 5.0

Genres

Did you know?!

Early training
Before she began acting on screen, Martin worked in Toronto for the theater director Hrant Alianak and performed at the Theatre Passe Muraille.
A role that slipped away
Martin tried out for Princess Leia in Star Wars before she was in The Shape of Things to Come, a low-budget Canadian science fiction film from 1979 that tried to cash in on Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica.