Born in Decatur, Illinois and raised in Santa Monica, California, her first film role was The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956). Her other film roles included The Mugger (1958), Doctor Detroit (1983), All of Me (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) where she played the role of Amanda Krueger, the mother of killer Freddy Krueger. Her last film role is in 2005's Thicker than Water.
Martin starred on Mr. Sunshine. Her other well known roles were in the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds and on the soap opera Santa Barbara. She had a recurring role on the ABC hit tv series The Drew Carey Show as Mrs. Lauder. She made many guest appearances on various television series, some of those appearances range from Ben Casey, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, and Star Trek: The Next Generation as Victoria Miller in the season 1 episode "Haven", and she played Rose, the secretary of murderer Alex Brady in the Columbo television movie, Murder, Smoke and Shadows.
She appeared on two episodes of The Golden Girls: first as the mean-spirited and nasty Frieda Claxton, who was told to drop dead by Rose Nylund, which she does. She also portrayed Philomena, a friend of Sophia Petrillo's from Sicily, who claimed that Dorothy was really her daughter and not Sophia's.
Family
Her first husband was musical composer Robert Emmett Dolan whom she married on March 17, 1948; they had one son, Casey Martin Dolan. Her second husband, Harry Gesner, is the father of her younger son, actor Zen Gesner.
Selected filmography
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) (uncredited)
Toys in the Attic (1963)
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)
Doctor Detroit (1983)
All of Me (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Animal Behavior (1989)
Pirates of Darkwater (voice only)
Last Gasp (1995)
Cast Away (2000)
Big Eden (2000)
Shallow Hal (2001)
Thicker than Water (2005)
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