American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter

Andrea Martin

Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974) and its 2006 remake, Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Little Italy (2018) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023). Martin is also a prolific voice actress, lending her voice to many animated series and films, including Anastasia (1997), The Rugrats Movie (1998), and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001). From 2021 to 2024, she co-starred in the supernatural drama series Evil.

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1947

January 15

Died

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1940s

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1947 Born

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69 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
1535 King Henry VIII issues letters patent incorporating the title Supreme Head of the Church of England into his royal title.
1541 King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.

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The world in 1947

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april 1 The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
april 15 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
april 16 An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
april 16 Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Alexander Griboyedov 1795–1829 Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795) Drew Brees 1979– American football player Henry Burr 1882– Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941) Khalid Islambouli 1955– Egyptian lieutenant (died 1982) Lewis Terman 1877– American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956) Margaret Beckett 1943– English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Marty Lyons 1957– American football player and sportscaster Mihai Eminescu 1850–1889 Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889) Molière 1622–1673 French actor and playwright (born 1622)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947– Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California Alain Bashung 1947– French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009) Albert Brooks 1947– American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Ángel Nieto 1947– Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017) Angry Anderson 1947– Australian singer and actor Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Assata Shakur 1947– American-Cuban criminal and activist (died 2025) Barry Melton 1947– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob Weir 1947–2026 American musician, (born 1947)

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