Martha Quinn is an American actress and radio and television personality, best known as one of the original video jockeys on MTV.
21 Facts About Martha Quinn
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Martha Quinn is the stepdaughter of personal finance columnist Jane Bryant Quinn, and has two older brothers and a younger half-brother.
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On July 13,1981, Martha Quinn was working at NYU's Weinstein Dormitory where she answered phones and gave students their toilet paper, mail, and lightbulbs.
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Martha Quinn asked out loud if anyone knew what Robert Pittman was doing.
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Martha Quinn turned to Quinn and suggested that she should try out for a role at the new network as a VJ.
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Martha Quinn immediately took a cab to Hell's Kitchen for her audition.
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Martha Quinn had spent much of her time at New York University doing two things: performing in TV commercials and working at WNYU-FM, the college radio station.
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Martha Quinn entered the studio knowing nothing about MTV or what its producers expected of her.
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Two days later Martha Quinn got the news she was an MTV VJ.
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Martha Quinn joined Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter and JJ Jackson as original faces and voices of MTV.
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Martha Quinn initially left MTV at the end of her contract in late 1986.
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Martha Quinn played Tracy, who married Bobby Brady.
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Martha Quinn joined Ed McMahon as a co-host for Star Search in 1994.
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Martha Quinn was a bi-weekly correspondent on The Early Show in 1999.
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Martha Quinn was featured in a series of commercials for Neutrogena in the mid-1990s.
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Martha Quinn joins the other surviving original MTV VJs in hosting programs for The 80s on 8.
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In two separate bumper skits, Martha Quinn sarcastically foretold considerably bizarre behavior from stars Michael Jackson and Sting.
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Martha Quinn was on SiriusXM until 2016 when she left to host mornings for KOSF in San Francisco, owned by Bob Pittman's iHeartMedia.
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In December 2017, Martha Quinn hosted a show for public television called The 80's.
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Since January 2022, Quinn has been hosting The Martha Quinn Show for iHeartMedia, broadcasting across more than 35 iHeartMedia stations, including stations in San Francisco, Seattle, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, St Louis and more.
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Martha Quinn is featured prominently in Joe Hill's post-apocalyptic novel The Fireman.