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Pamela Sue Martin attended public schools in Westport, Connecticut and graduated from Staples High School in February, 1971. Before she graduated, Pamela was working in a hamburger stand for $1.45 per hour when a friend told her that she was earning $60 per hour modeling in New York. Liking the wages and being of an ambitious nature, Pamela Sue decided to emulate her friend and soon was earning a good living as a teenage model for print ads and television commercials. Although she was completely innocent of dramatic training, experience or even ambitions, when Pamela Sue heard that Columbia Pictures was auditioning girls for a film called To Find a Man (1972), she decided to try. It took the producers three months to make up their minds, but in the end Pamela Sue had the female starring role. On the basis of her performance in To Find a Man (1972), producer Irwin Allen cast her to co-star with five Academy Award winners in The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Then came a starring role in the ABC Movie of the Week, The Girls of Huntington House (1973) (TV) and a co-starring role with Jan-Michael Vincent in Buster and Billie (1974).

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Pamela Sue Martin was born in Westport, Connecticut, USA and, while she was a junior in high school, a friend suggested she try modeling. She signed with a New York modeling agency and gradually got into doing TV commercials. She dropped out of school for part her senior year to do a film, To Find a Man (1972). She later returned to class and graduated. Pamela Sue Martin is best known for her enormously popular portrayal of Fallon on the hit prime time soap, "Dynasty" (1981). She also has a hugely successful film career. In theatre, she performed in the plays, "Private Eyes" and "Beau Jeste". Her father is a jazz drummer and she has a sister six years older than her.

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Martin took time out of her senior year in high school to play the lead role in the film To Find a Man (1972).

Graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, USA. [1970]

Appeared on many magazine covers including T.V. Guide (February 27 - March 5 issue), US Magazine (September 14, 1982), Ingenue (March 1972 issue), New Woman Magazine (April 1984 issue), and Dawn Magazine (September 1977 issue.)

Has allied herself with several environmental groups, including Greenpeace and The Sierra Club. She is also the National Spokesperson for the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, California and has campaigned for the preservation of the Wild Mustang in America.

Refused to reprise the role of Fallon Carrington Colby in 1985 when ABC launched the "Dynasty" (1981) spin-off, "The Colbys" (1985). The role was recast with popular "General Hospital" (1963) star Emma Samms.

Her parents Thomas and Margaret Martin were divorced in 1974 and have since both remarried.

She is the national spokesperson for Nourkrin, an all-natural, marine protein based supplement which helps promote hair growth and reduce thinning hair.

Where Are They Now

(2001) Is twice-divorced with a son and living in Idaho.

(March 2005) Is providing commentary for the upcoming DVD release of the first season of "Dynasty".

(May 2005) She is currently in the process of writing her autobiography called, "The Spirit of the Matter."

(February 2006) She provided audio commentary for the upcoming release of the new deluxe edition of the Poseidon Adventure DVD along with Carol Lynley and Stella Stevens.

(February 2006) She did an interview for the special features portion of a new deluxe edition of the original Poseidon Adventure.

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