Editing Andrea Martin (section)

==Early life==
Andrea Martin was born on January 15, 1947, in [[Portland, Maine]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 15, 2023|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 15, 2023 includes celebrities Dove Cameron, Pitbull|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-15-2023-includes-celebrities-dove-cameron-pitbull.html |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/people/a_martin.htm |title=Secretary of State's Kids Page: Famous People from Maine, Andrea Martin |publisher=State of Maine.gov |access-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-date=October 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019133450/http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/people/a_martin.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the eldest of three children of [[Armenian-American]] parents Sybil A. ({{langx|hy|Սիբիլ Մանուկեան Մարթին}}; {{née|Manoogian}}) and John Papazian Martin ({{langx|hy|Ջօն Փափազեան Մարթին}}; 1917–2010).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/name/john-martin-obituary?id=22977916 | title=John Papazian Martin |date=November 17, 2010 |work=Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | via=[[Legacy.com]] |access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Routher |first=Ray |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F33B2BC6AEA6053&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Doing OK |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |location=Portland, Maine |date=April 28, 2002 |page=1E |access-date=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025183511/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F33B2BC6AEA6053&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her paternal grandparents, from [[Van, Turkey|Van]], present-day Turkey, had escaped the [[Armenian Genocide]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjJ0AwAAQBAJ&q=andrea+martin+van |title=Lady Parts |first=Andrea |last=Martin |date=2014 |publisher=HarperCollins |via=Google Books |isbn=9781443409414 |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{page needed|date=August 2022}}</ref> Her maternal grandmother immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15.<ref name="hoey">{{cite web | url=https://www.pressherald.com/2010/11/15/john-p_-martin-93-pioneer-in-two-maine-industries-_2010-11-15/ | title=Feature Obituary: John P. Martin, 93, pioneer in two Maine industries |last=Hoey |first=Dennis |work=Portland Press Herald |date=November 15, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref> Her paternal grandfather, an amateur thespian, changed the family's name from Papazian to Martin.<ref name="armeniansofmaine/history">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.armeniansofmaine.com/our-history |website=Armenians of Maine |access-date=22 August 2023 |quote=In 1910 an Armenian school was organized at 159 Lancaster Street. It had 22 students in 1922.}}</ref> Her maternal grandparents, who were from [[Constantinople]], started the Armenian School at the [[Chestnut Street Methodist Church (Portland, Maine)|Chestnut Street Church]] in [[Portland, Maine]].<ref name="cohen">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Andrea-Martin-Summerguide-1987.pdf |title=Funny Girl:...Or What to do With Your Life if You're Miss Deering High 1965... |last=Cohen |first=Fritzi |magazine=Portland Monthly |volume=2 |number=5 |date=June 1987 |pages=13–19 |quote=I've known you all your life, Andrea. From the time your mother used to walk you in your carriage as a baby until you graduated from Deering High School in 1965, we always lived within three blocks of each other.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://anca.org/an-interview-with-actress-andrea-martin/ | title=An Interview with Actress Andrea Martin | date=May 5, 2017 |publisher=Armenian National Committee of America |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ae_Eg-E1h48 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170922184725/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_Eg-E1h48 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://youtube.com/watch?v=ae_Eg-E1h48| title = Concert for America: Andrea Martin & Seth Rudetsky | website=[[YouTube]]| date = March 3, 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="hoey"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Wadler |first=Joyce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/nyregion/26bold.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/T/Theater |title=Boldface Names: Today He Would Have His Own Show on Fox |work=The New York Times |date=January 26, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangornews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=109818&zoneid=14 |title=Andrea Martin |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |date=March 3, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202091632/http://www.bangornews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=109818&zoneid=14|archive-date=February 2, 2007|first=Alicia |last=Anstead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE9A0C39C804DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Sybil A. Martin |work=Portland Press Herald |date=January 19, 1995 |page=11B |access-date=July 5, 2011 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025183522/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE9A0C39C804DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> Andrea's father owned Martin's Foods, a grocery-store chain.<ref>{{cite web |last=Intini |first=John |url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050321_102427_102427&source=srch |url-status=dead |title=Andrea Martin finishes the sentences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111082423/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20050321_102427_102427&source=srch |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |work=Macleans |date=March 16, 2005}}</ref> She has mentioned that although her grandparents "did not know what assimilation was," her parents worked hard to assimilate into the U.S. As such, Martin only connected with her ancestry later in life.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://auroraprize.com/en/funniest-woman-west-istanbul | title=The Funniest Woman West of Istanbul |publisher=Aurora Humanitarian Prize |last=Atamian |first=Christopher |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

When she was two years old, her mother was recovering from a broken leg, so she would often read to her daughter. She and her mother would often take turns reading Shakespeare, ''[[Paul Revere's Ride]]'', and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]’s ''[[The Raven]]''. She took piano lessons when she was eight, reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the [[Portland Museum of Art]] and playing the piano there. Martin transferred from [[Nathan Clifford School]] to St. Joseph’s Academy before entering high school. She graduated from [[Deering High School]] in 1965, where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965.<ref name="cohen"/>