Sandy Martin (March 3, 1949) is an American actress, playwright, director, and producer best known for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Napoleon Dynamite (2004), and Ray Donovan (2018-2019).
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1977: Scalpel as Sanady
- 1977: Two Thousand Seventy Six Olympiad as Shiela
- 1978: The Gift Of Love as Jan's Mother
- 1981: Sizzle as Freda's Assistant
- 1981: The Patricia Neal Story as 1st Woman
- 1982: Farrell For The People as Newswoman
- 1982: One Shoe Makes It Murder as Gloria
- 1982: 48 Hrs. as Policewoman
- 1983: Carpool as Peggy Ryan
- 1985: Real Genius as Mrs. Meredith
- 1985: Suburban Beat as Contata
- 1986: Extremities as Officer Sudow
- 1986: Vendetta as Kay Butler
- 1987: Daddy as Ultrasound Receptionist
- 1987: Barfly as Janice
- 1987: Kenny Rogers As The Gambler Part III The Legend Continues as Motel Manager
- 1988: Little Girl Lost as Violet Young
- 1988: Police Story Cop Killer as Mona Ramsey
- 1991: Prison Stories Women On The Inside as Counselor Pennell
- 1991: Defenseless as Judge
- 1994: China Moon as Gun Saleswoman
- 1994: Speed as Bartender
- 1995: Indictment The Mc Martin Trial as Deputy Phyllis
- 1995: Above Suspicion as Waitress
- 1996: Female Perversions as Trudy
- 1997: On The Line as Bartender #1
- 1997: Sparkler as Ed
- 1998: Krippendorf's Tribe as Nurse
- 1998: They Come At Night as Hazel
- 1999: Jawbreaker as Nurse
- 2000: Marlene as Louella Parsons
- 2001: Stranger Inside as Mrs. Johnny Cochran
- 2001: One Night at McCool's as Bingo Vendor Woman
- 2004: Napoleon Dynamite as Grandma
- 2005: Adam And Steve as Biker Chick
- 2006: Hot Tamale as Ed the Diner Cook
- 2008: The Great Buck Howard as Female Hotel Worker
- 2008: Lower Learning as Olympia Parpadelle
- 2008: Marley & Me as Lori
- 2008: Speed Freaks as Cop
- 2009: My Suicide as Mrs. Ellis
- 2010: Beneath The Dark as Colleen
- 2010: Pickin And Grinnin as Aunt Katie
- 2012: Sunset Stories as Stu
- 2012: Seven Psychopaths as Tommy's Mother (Uncredited Role)
- 2013: Ass Backwards as Qwen
- 2013: Lovelace as Ticket Lady
- 2014: Some Kind Of Beautiful as Susan Vale
- 2016: Stars Are Already Dead as Grandma
- 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Momma Dixon
- 2018: The Head Thieves as Judy Castillo
- 2019: Dumbo as Verna the Secretary
- 2021: Luca as Grandma Paguro
- 2022: Mosquito as Annie
Television Roles
- 1977-1981: Lou Grant as Gloria Lawder/Psych-Tech (2 episodes)
- 1982: St. Elsewhere as Mrs. Lawson
- 1982: St. Elsewhere as Mrs. Lawson
- 1982: The Greatest American Hero as Woman
- 1982-1984: Hill Street Blues as Bailiff/Abigail Mizell (3 episodes)
- 1983: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Nurse Chapman
- 1984: Falcon Crest as Criminal Institute Hospital Floor Nurse
- 1984: Matt Houston as Policewoman
- 1984-1988: Night Court as Sister Mo/Woman Seated in First Row of the Gallery (2 episodes)
- 1985: Hunter as Iris Balzer
- 1985: The Twilight Zone as Lindy
- 1986: If Tomorrow Comes as Gladys
- 1986: Fresno as Middle-Aged Woman
- 1987: Designing Women as Motel Manager
- 1988: Santa Barbara as Betty Grayson
- 1989: Matlock as Manager
- 1991: Equal Justice as Advocate #2
- 1993: South Of Sunset as Desk Sergeant
- 1994: Models Inc. as Female Police Officer
- 1996-2001: ER as Sister Helen/Mrs. Zarian (2 episodes)
- 1999: Sliders as Shirley Montana
- 2000: Providence as Female Minister
- 2000: Time Of Your Life as Vinnie
- 2001: NYPD Blue as Annie
- 2001: Days of Our Lives as Aunt Elsie
- 2001-2007: CSI as Officer Manager/Female Trucker (2 episodes)
- 2003: Astro Boy as Abercrombie
- 2003: Strong Medicine as Iris Rawlings
- 2004: The Division as Marriage Counselor
- 2005: Without a Trace as Iris Healy
- 2005: Desperate Housewives as Woman #1
- 2005: CSI: NY as Mrs. Collins
- 2005: Nip/Tuck as Helen Holden
- 2006-2021: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Mrs. Mac (recurring)
- 2007: Cold Case as (2007) Karen Watson
- 2007: Jericho as Mrs. Herbert
- 2007: Saving Grace as Sister Laura Marie
- 2007-2011: Big Love as Selma Greene (10 episodes)
- 2009: My Name Is Earl as Joy's Grandma
- 2009: The Unit as Woman with Cane
- 2009: The Young and the Restless as Jimmy
- 2009: Hot Sluts as Jackie
- 2009: Weeds as Doctor
- 2010: Warren The Ape as Agnes Osborn
- 2010-2011: Svetlana as Liam (4 episodes)
- 2011: Shameless (US) as Doctor
- 2011-2013: Good Job Thanks as Barbara (5 episodes)
- 2012: Napoleon Dynamite as Grandma
- 2012: Make It or Break It as Marge
- 2012: The Closer as Mrs. Wallingham
- 2012: The New Normal as Miss Pepper
- 2012: Parenthood as Dog Breeder
- 2012: 2 Broke Girls as Ms. Pyle
- 2012: Rizzoli & Isles as Kendra Dee
- 2013: Quick Draw as Ma Bender
- 2013: dads as Ethel
- 2014: Murder in the First as Sue Leonard
- 2014: Perception as Shirley
- 2014-2017: Hand of God as Randy (10 episodes)
- 2014-2017: Playing House as Mary Pat Caruso (6 episodes)
- 2014-2019: The Haves and the Have Nots as Mama Rosa (3 episodes)
- 2015: Blunt Talk as Motel Owner
- 2015: Transparent as Sandy
- 2016: Wander over Yonder as Dorothy
- 2017: Comrade Detective as Nikita's Landlady
- 2018: Shooter as Adele Poole
- 2018: Bravest Warriors as Dolores
- 2018-2019: Ray Donovan as Sandy Patrick (13 episodes)
- 2020: Big City Greens as Gertie
- 2021: Mom as Lillian
- 2021: Ten Year Old Tom as Tom's Grandma
- 2022: Grey's Anatomy as Sally
Shorts
- 2009: Kisses Over Babylon as Clerk
- 2010: Annie In The Aisle Of Irma as Grams
- 2010: PSA An Important Message From Women EVERYWHERE as Woman
- 2011: I Love You Like Crazy as Nurse Dottie Dirty Looks
- 2012: Plan B as Van Driver
- 2013: Super Zero as Superman's Mother
- 2015: With Grace as Grace
- 2017: Over and OUT as Gert (also producer and writer)
Producer
- 2015: Good Job Thanks (also writer and director)