{{Use American English|date=July 2024}} {{Short description|American actress (1935–2022)}} {{sources|biography|date=May 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Andra Hildur Martin | image = Andra Martin Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 77 Sunset Strip 1960.JPG | alt = | caption = Martin with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 1960 | birth_name = Sandra Rehn | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|15}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/386/Andra+Martin/index.html|title = Andra Martin - the Private Life and Times of Andra Martin. Andra Martin Pictures}}</ref> | birth_place = Rockford, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|5|3|1935|7|15}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1956–1963 | known_for = | notable_works = ''The Thing That Couldn't Die'', ''Up Periscope'', ''Yellowstone Kelly'' | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|end=div|Ty Hardin|1958|1960}}|{{marriage|end=div|David May II|1962|1968}}|{{marriage|Philip M. Stein|1970}}}} | children = 2 (with Hardin) }}

'''Andra Martin''' (born '''Sandra Rehn''', July 15, 1935 – May 3, 2022) was an American actress who appeared in many television series and a few movies as a contract player for Warner Bros. in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

==Early years== Martin was born Sandra Hildur Rehn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Walter Rehn.<ref name="l">{{cite magazine|title=A Tale of a Blighted Troth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Andra+Martin%22&pg=PA24|accessdate=February 20, 2018|magazine=Life|publisher=Time Inc|date=September 1, 1958|pages=24–25|language=en}}</ref> She grew up near Rockford, Illinois, on her parents' farm,<ref name=dct/> graduated from Monroe Center High School,<ref>{{cite news|title=How Time Flies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17640587/sandra_rehn_andra_martin/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=July 1, 1958|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> and studied dramatics for two years at Northwestern University.

From there, she went to New York City and worked as a model while she studied acting under Lee Strasberg.<ref name="dct">{{cite news|last1=Mercer|first1=Charles|title=Sandra Rehn on Way Up, Cops 'Most Beautiful' Role|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17613371/andra_martin_sandra_rehn/|work=Delaware County Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 15, 1956|location=Pennsylvania, Chester|page=47|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She honed her acting skills in the summer playhouse at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bacon|first1=James|title=Andra's A Combined Liz Taylor AND Betty Grable|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17639848/andra_martin/|work=The Tampa Tribune|agency=Associated Press|date=September 1, 1957|location=Florida, Tampa|page=11-D|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==Career== Martin's film debut came in ''Street of Sinners'' (1957).<ref>{{cite news|title=Sandra Rehn Now In Movie|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17640217/sandra_rhen_andra_martin/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=October 30, 1957|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''The Lady Takes a Flyer'' (1958) was the first film in which she was billed as Andra Martin.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Hy|title=Hy Gardner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17639657/andra_martin/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=May 16, 1957|location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia|page=13|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Martin was James Garner's leading lady in the 1959 film ''Up Periscope'' and the daughter/secretary on the ''Perry Mason'' TV-series episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent". She also played the role of defendant Arlene Ferris in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Waylaid Wolf". {{Citation needed |date=December 2023}}

Martin played Wahleeah, a captive American Indian maiden, who became the love interest of Clint Walker in ''Yellowstone Kelly'' (1959) and appeared in various Warner Bros. Television series, including ''Maverick'' in the episodes "Gun-Shy" with James Garner as Bret Maverick, "Hadley's Hunters" with Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, and "Thunder from the North" (1960) with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick. She also guest-starred as a leading lady in series such as ''The Alaskans'' with Roger Moore, ''77 Sunset Strip'' with Efrem Zimbalist Jr., ''Colt .45'' with Wayde Preston, ''Bourbon Street Beat'', ''Hawaiian Eye'' with Robert Conrad, ''Surfside Six'', ''Bronco'' with Ty Hardin, ''Lawman'' with John Russell, and ''Cheyenne'' with Clint Walker.

She appeared in other television series such as ''Bachelor Father'' with John Forsythe and ''Wagon Train''.

==Personal life== Politically, Martin identified as a "Conservative Republican". She stated that she voted for Eisenhower in the 1956 United States presidential election, which was the first time she had ever voted, and for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. In both the 1968 and 1972 United States presidential elections, she campaigned for Richard Nixon. She said the only time she ever voted for a Democrat was in 1960, when she voted for John F. Kennedy.<ref>Who's who in California, Volume 26 - Who's Who Historical Society, 1997</ref>

On August 30, 1958, Martin married actor Ty Hardin in North Hollywood, California,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Field|first1=Eunice|title=The Good Luck Man From Texas|journal=TV Radio Mirror|date=January 1959|volume=51|issue=2|pages=26–29, 68–69}}</ref> despite the objections of their respective agents.<ref>{{cite news|title=Agents Call Off Starlet's Wedding|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19580820.1.36&srpos=89&e=------195-en--20-OT-81-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22Andra+Martin%22----1958---|work=Oakland Tribune|date=August 20, 1958|location=California, Oakland|page=36 E|via = cdnc.ucr.edu|accessdate = March 23, 2026}} </ref> They were the parents of twin sons born October 24, 1959.<ref>{{cite news|title=Twin Sons Born To Andra Martin|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1289244754/|work=Rockford Morning Star|date=October 25, 1959|location=Illinois, Rockford|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 23, 2026}} {{Open access}}</ref> The couple divorced in June 1960.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andra Martin Asks 'Bronco' For Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1289178605/|work=Rockford Morning Star|date=June 2, 1960|location=Illinois, Rockford|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 23, 2026}} {{Open access}}</ref>

On June 23, 1962, she married David May II, heir to the May Department Stores Company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Department Store Heir Sued For Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17641534/andra_martin/|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=January 10, 1968|location=Nevada, Reno|page=40|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> They were divorced in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|title=Department Store Heir Divorced|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17641728/andra_martin/|work=Progress Bulletin|agency=Associated Press|date=April 25, 1968|location=California, Pomona|page=43|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

In 1970, she married Philip Stein, and they remained together for the rest of her life.<ref name=ci>{{cite magazine |date=July 2022 |pages=43–44 |title=Andra Martin, 86 |magazine=Classic Images}}</ref>

Martin died on May 3, 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andra Martin Stein |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/andra-stein-obituary?id=34687113 |website=Legacy |access-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0551907}}

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