Anne-Marie Martin
{{Short description|Canadian actress (born 1957)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Eddie Benton in Prom Night.png
| caption = Martin in Prom Night (1980)
| image_size = 248
| name = Anne-Marie Martin
| birth_name = Edmonda Benton
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|11}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| known_for = {{hlist|Sledge Hammer!|Prom Night|{{nobr|Days of Our Lives}}|The Boogens}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|screenwriter|equestrian}}
| years active = 1976–2003
| other_names = Eddie Benton
| spouse = {{marriage|Michael Crichton|1987|2003|end=div}}
| children = 1
}}
Anne-Marie Martin (born Edmonda Benton; November 11, 1957) is a Canadian screenwriter, equestrian, and former actress who is best known for playing Sgt. Dori Doreau in the American television comedy series Sledge Hammer! from 1986 to 1988, as well as her roles in several horror films, such as Prom Night (1980) and The Boogens (1981).
Early life
Martin was born Edmonda Benton{{cite book |title=Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900–1988 |url=https://archive.org/details/entertainingcana0000goul |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/entertainingcana0000goul/page/25 25] |last=Gould |first=Ed |publisher=Cappis Press |isbn=978-0-919-76318-0 |year=1988}} in Toronto, Ontario on November 11, 1957.{{cite web|work=AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-marie-martin-p45916/|title=Anne-Marie Martin|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019072814/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-marie-martin-p45916/|url-status=live}} Prior to embarking on a screen acting career, she worked for theater director Hrant Alianak in Toronto, performing at the Theatre Passe Muraille.{{cite news|work=The Gazette|title=Eddie Benton, actress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459597/the_gazette/|location=Montreal, Quebec|date=June 23, 1978|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019072812/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459597/the_gazette/|url-status=live}}
Career
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In her early career, Martin was credited under the name Eddie Benton, most notably in the unsuccessful series pilot/telefilm Dr. Strange (1978), for which she was paid $2,000 a week. She subsequently appeared in the slasher film Prom Night (1980), Savage Harvest (1981), The Boogens (1981), and had a cameo in Halloween II (1981); as well as numerous TV series guest roles. Among these were Stella Breed, a woman with psychokinetic powers in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Twiki is Missing", and an officer who faces an amputation after injury in the line of duty on T. J. Hooker.
Prior to this, Martin appeared in The Shape of Things to Come (1979), a low-budget Canadian science fiction film that attempted to capitalize on the popularity of Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica.{{cite news|work=The Ottawa Journal|location=Ottawa, Ontario|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459736/the_ottawa_journal/|title=The Shape of Things to Come|date=May 3, 1979|page=68|via=Newspapers.com|author=Fraser, Brian|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019072811/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459736/the_ottawa_journal/|url-status=live}} Martin had previously auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars.{{cite web |title=Star Wars Audition − Anne-Marie Martin (Eddie Benton).avi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtT9hrwpE0M |website=YouTube |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153414/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtT9hrwpE0M |url-status=live}} She was also a regular on the short-lived 1977 series Rafferty opposite Patrick McGoohan and appeared in the equally short-lived Time Express in 1979.
In the early 1980s, she appeared in a Highway to Heaven episode in which she and Victor French traded bodies. From 1982 to 1985, she appeared as attorney Gwen Davies on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Alan Spencer subsequently cast her in Sledge Hammer!, as Dori Doreau; he also wrote an episode of the series that allowed her to, if not exactly change bodies with Sledge Hammer, at least impersonate him. Martin appeared as Doreau on the series from 1986 until 1988.
Personal life
Martin married author Michael Crichton in 1987 (she had a small role in Crichton's film Runaway three years earlier), and following the cancellation of Sledge Hammer!, retired from TV and film acting. In 1989, they had a daughter, Taylor-Anne.{{Cite web |url=http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/11/05/in-appreciation-of-michael-crichton/ |title=In appreciation of Michael Crichton |access-date=November 6, 2008 |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207010522/http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/11/05/in-appreciation-of-michael-crichton/ |url-status=live}} Martin co-wrote, with Crichton, the screenplay to the 1996 film Twister. The couple separated in 2001 and divorced in 2003.
Martin went on to pursue her love of horses and ride competitively. She rode for Team USA in the World Championship competition{{when|date=December 2017}} for Icelandic horses.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160921065621/https://www.feif.org/files/wr/wr/wr_zFF2001000352.html FEIF WorldRanking Results of Anne-Marie Martin]
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" | 1976
| June | Episode: "Beauty on Parade" |
|---|
| scope="row"| 1977
| data-sort-value="Streets of San Francisco, The" | The Streets of San Francisco | Lisa Demming | Episode: "Once a Con" |
| scope="row"| 1977
| Rafferty | Nurse Koscinski | 3 episodes | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1977
| Lola | Episode: "Two Faces of Donald" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1978
| Switch | Jacy Young | Episode: "Photo Finish" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1979
| Lauri | Episode: "Earthquake" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1979
| Laureen Cole | Episode: "Rodeo/Cop" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1980
| Deirdre | Episode: "BJ and the Witch" |
| scope="row"| 1980
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Stella Breed | Episode: "Twiki is Missing" |
| scope="row"| 1981
| data-sort-value="Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The" | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Charlotte McGraw | Episode: "Keep on Buckin'" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1983
| data-sort-value="Powers of Matthew Star, The" | The Powers of Matthew Star | Roxanne | Episode: "Brain Drain" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1983
| Officer Karen Hall | Episode: "Lady in Blue" | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-marie-martin-p45916/other_appearances|work=AllMovie|title=Anne-Marie Martin: Other appearances|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019070928/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-marie-martin-p45916/other_appearances|archive-date=October 19, 2019|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row"| 1984
| data-sort-value="Young Ones, The" | The Young Ones | Victorian Principle | Episode: "Time" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1984
| Mrs. Dowd | Episode: "The Children's Hour" | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1982–1985
| Gwen Davies | Series regular | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite book|title=Total Television: A Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present|page=160|publisher=Viking|year=1984|author=McNeil, Alex|isbn=978-0-140-07377-5}} |
| scope="row"| 1986
| Linda Blackwell/Mark Gordon | Episode: "Change of Life" |
| scope="row"| 1986–1988
| Dori Doreau | Main cast |
=Miscellaneous=
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! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" | 2003
| Janet T. Marshall | Video game |
|---|
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian soap opera actresses
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Toronto