During the early 1970s, Martin decided to put her acting career on hold. She later recalled her reasoning behind her decision. "I'd been in the business long enough to know I'd been stereotyped. My mother was in poor health and I felt I had worked from such an early age I could take some time off and get a college education." A few years later, she tried to reactivate her career, but unfortunately she became "discouraged by the many changes in casting and techniques".