Lynne Marta
BornOctober 30/October 31 (varying sources cite 1944, 1946 & 1948)[1][2]
Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1966-2004

Lynne Marta, also credited as Lynn Marta, is a retired American actress and singer.[1][2]

Career

Marta's first screen credit was in 1966 in an episode of the comedy series Gidget. She was a regular on the syndicated variety program The Lloyd Thaxton Show[3] and on the anthology series Love, American Style (1969-1974).[3]: 626  Her career was largely as a guest player on episodic television, and she has often made multiple appearances on the same series as different characters (including The F.B.I., Cannon, Medical Center, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Trapper John, M.D.,and Vega$).

During the mid-late 1970s, she appeared (as different characters) in three separate episodes of Starsky & Hutch. She appeared in episodes of ER; Caroline in the City; Designing Women; Gunsmoke; Matt Houston; Law & Order; Charlie's Angels; The Rockford Files; Kojak; Marcus Welby, M.D.; CHiPs; and The Rookies. She has also appeared in the daytime soap operas Passions, The Young and the Restless, and Days of Our Lives.

Personal life

Born in Somerville, New Jersey, Lynne Marta is one of two daughters born to George Marta, a first-generation Italian-American, and his wife, Ruth.[4]

In 1983, People magazine reported that Marta and actor David Soul had an "open relationship".[5] The article explained, "All through the Starsky and Hutch years David and Lynne lived together but spent time with other people."[5]

She was an earwitness to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Ancestry Library Edition". Ancestrylibrary.com.
  2. 1 2 "Ancestry Library Edition". Ancestrylibrary.com.
  3. 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 616–617. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  4. ↑ George Marta obituary, legacy.com. Accessed July 31, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Darrach, Brad; Diliberto, Gioia (April 18, 1983). "The Souls' Dark Night". People. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. ↑ FRED LEESON. "BARDO'S SISTER SENSED TROUBLE BEFORE ACTRESS WAS SHOT", The Oregonian (Portland, OR), September 28, 1991, FOURTH, LOCAL STORIES, pg. D04. NewsBank; accessed September 11, 2018.
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