Sandy Martin
Biography
An American actress, playwright, director, and producer, Sandy Martin began acting at 15 and is a founding member of several theater companies in New York and Los Angeles. Born in New York City in 1950, she adapted stage plays for the screen and worked as an associate producer on TNT productions, including Gettysburg (1993). On television, she played Sandy Patrick on Ray Donovan, Sister Laura Marie on Saving Grace, Mrs. Mac on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Selma Green on Big Love. Her credits include Barfly (1987), China Moon (1994), Napoleon Dynamite (2004), where she played Grandma Dynamite, Marley & Me (2008), and Luca (2021), in which she voiced Grandma Paguro. She also appeared in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) as the mother of Sam Rockwell's character and portrayed Verna The Secretary in Dumbo.
76years old
Turns 77 on March 3in 141 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 47 years1977 to 2024
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First role
Sandy Martin was 15 years old when she started her acting career, and she went on to become a founding member of several theatrical companies in New York City and Los Angeles.
Behind the camera
Martin turned several theatrical plays into screenplays and worked as associate producer on TNT productions, including the 1993 film Gettysburg.
Big break
Martin met Dumbo director Tim Burton during the Beetlejuice days through her friend Glenn Shadix, who played Otho, and they reconnected when cinematographer Ben Davis suggested her to Burton for the role of Verna.
Sandy Martin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Sandy Martin shares two films with Pruitt Taylor Vince, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Pruitt Taylor Vince's page
Richard Riehle's page
John Goodman's page
Clancy Brown's page
Ed Harris's page
Richard Jenkins's page
All films by Jared Hess
Enrico CasarosaDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Enrico Casarosa
David FrankelDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by David Frankel
Box office
What Sandy Martin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$386 million
7 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 7 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$256M66.2% of the total
- 2$51M13.2% of the total
- 3$46M11.9% of the total
- 4$14M3.5% of the total
- 5$13M3.5% of the total
- 6$3.2M0.8% of the total
- 7$3.0M0.8% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.