Has Andrea Martin Had a Nervous Breakdown?
Comic Andrea Martin. She was an original member of the Canadian SCTV comedy troupe and one of its brightest stars for seven years. Her co-stars included John Candy, Eugene Levy and Martin Short. Martin brought to life the neurotic talk show host Libby Wolfson, cleaning lady Pirini Scleroso, and, perhaps her best known character, the TV station manager Edith Prickley. Martin recently starred in her own cable TV comedy special on the Showtime channel. It was titled "Andrea Martin: Together Again," and it featured performances with SCTV alumni like Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short. Martin also has roles in three upcoming films, "Worth Winning, a comedy in which Martin plays a child psychologist, "Rude Awakening," a dark comedy, and "Boris and Natasha," an adaptation of the cartoon series in which Martin plays `Squirrel.'
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