{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter, equestrian, and former 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}}<ref name=allmovie/> | 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<ref>{{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}}</ref> in Toronto, Ontario on November 11, 1957.<ref name=allmovie>{{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}}</ref> Prior to embarking on a screen acting career, she worked for theater director Hrant Alianak in Toronto, performing at the Theatre Passe Muraille.<ref name=actress>{{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}}</ref>
== Career == thumb|left|225px|Still of Martin as 'Wendy' in ''Prom Night'' 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.<ref name=actress/> 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''.<ref name=tvg/>
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''.<ref name=shape>{{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}}</ref> Martin had previously auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=tvg/> From 1982 to 1985, she appeared as attorney Gwen Davies on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''.<ref name=days/> 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 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160921065621/https://www.feif.org/files/wr/wr/wr_zFF2001000352.html FEIF WorldRanking Results of Anne-Marie Martin]</ref>
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| 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" | 1978 | ''Dr. Strange'' | Clea Lake | As Eddie Benton<br/>Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=actress/> |- ! scope="row"| 1978 | ''Deadman's Curve'' | Nancy | As Eddie Benton | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1978 | ''Killer's Delight'' | First Victim – Girl with Dog | As Eddie Benton | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1979 | ''The Shape of Things to Come'' | Kim Smedley | As Eddie Benton | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=shape/> |- ! scope="row"| 1980 | ''Waikiki'' | Penny | As Eddie Benton<br/>Television film | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459783/honolulu_starbulletin/|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|title=The Suite Life|date=December 3, 1979|page=A-4|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019072813/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459783/honolulu_starbulletin/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1980 | ''Prom Night'' | Wendy | As Eddie Benton | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=GlobeFateRef>"Fate dealt Martin a winning hand" by Jean Howard Houghton, ''The Globe and Mail'' (9 June 1984) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|386463119}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''Savage Harvest'' | Wendy | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | data-sort-value="Boogens, The" | ''The Boogens'' | Jessica Esford | | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''Halloween II'' | Darcy Essmont | Uncredited | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | ''Runaway'' | Hooker at Bar | | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=GlobeFateRef/><ref name=tvg>{{cite web|work=TV Guide|title=Anne-Marie Martin|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anne-marie-martin/credits/140239/|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019054509/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anne-marie-martin/credits/140239/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1996 | ''Twister'' | {{N/A|align=left}} | Writer | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=tvg/> |}
===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 | ''Wonder Woman'' | June | Episode: "Beauty on Parade" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=GlobeFateRef/> |- ! scope="row"| 1977 | data-sort-value="Streets of San Francisco, The" | ''The Streets of San Francisco'' | Lisa Demming | Episode: "Once a Con" | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=actress/> |- ! scope="row"| 1977 | ''Rafferty'' | Nurse Koscinski | 3 episodes | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1977 | ''Magic Mongo'' | 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 | ''240-Robert'' | Lauri | Episode: "Earthquake" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1979 | ''Time Express'' | Laureen Cole | Episode: "Rodeo/Cop" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1980 | ''B. J. and the Bear'' | Deirdre | Episode: "BJ and the Witch" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|work=Herald and Review|location=Decatur, Illinois|title=The Witch|date=July 13, 1980|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459889/herald_and_review/|via=Newspapers.com|page=69|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019073600/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37459889/herald_and_review/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1980 | ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' | Stella Breed | Episode: "Twiki is Missing" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=GlobeFateRef/> |- ! 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 | ''T. J. Hooker'' | Officer Karen Hall | Episode: "Lady in Blue" | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{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}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | data-sort-value="Young Ones, The" | ''The Young Ones'' | Victorian Principle | Episode: "Time" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | ''St. Elsewhere'' | Mrs. Dowd | Episode: "The Children's Hour" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1982–1985 | ''Days of Our Lives'' | Gwen Davies | Series regular | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=days>{{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}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''Highway to Heaven'' | Linda Blackwell/Mark Gordon | Episode: "Change of Life" | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1986–1988 | ''Sledge Hammer!'' | Dori Doreau | Main cast | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=tvg/> |}
===Miscellaneous=== {| 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" | 2003 | ''Virtua Cop 3'' | Janet T. Marshall | Video game | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Marie Martin (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Anne-Marie-Martin/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502044320/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Anne-Marie-Martin/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Anne-Marie}} Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian soap opera actresses Category:Canadian stage actresses Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Toronto Category:20th-century Canadian actresses Category:1957 births Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States