Lynne Marta, also credited as Lynn Marta, is a retired American actress and singer. 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 and on the anthology series Love, American Style (1969-1974). 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., 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. In 1983, People magazine reported that Marta and actor David Soul had an "open relationship". The article explained, "All through the Starsky and Hutch years David and Lynne lived together but spent time with other people." She was an earwitness to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989. Filmography 1971 Red Sky at Morning as Venery Ann Cloyd 1972 Joe Kidd as Elma 1972 43: The Richard Petty Story as Lynda Petty 1973 Genesis II as Harper-Smythe 1975 Adams of Eagle Lake as Cindy 1975 Starsky & Hutch as Cheryl 1976 Help Me... I'm Possessed as Melanie Blackwood 1976 Once an Eagle as Celia Harrodson 1977 In the Glitter Palace as Ricki 1980 Blood Beach as Jo 1980 Homeward Bound as Mary Jo Lawson 1984 Footloose as Lulu Warnicker 1985 Crime of Innocence as Lucille (uncredited) 1990 The First Power as Nun 1990 Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown as Frances 1990 3 Men and a Little Lady as Morgan, School Teacher 1993 A Case for Murder as Marti Stevens 1993 Message from Nam as Nurse #2 1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Matron 1997 Sleeping with the Devil as Judge Eberhardt 2002 Time of Fear as Mrs. LeDoux References External links 1940s births American film actresses Living people Musicians