Lynne Marta


Lynne Marta, also credited as Lynn Marta, was an 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. Her career was largely as a guest player on episodic television, and she often made multiple appearances on the same series as different characters.
During the mid-late 1970s, she appeared 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 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, on October 30, 1945, Marta was one of two daughters born to George Marta, a first-generation Italian-American, and his wife, Ruth.
From 1968 to 1976, Marta was married to fellow TV actor Brick Huston, who died in 2018.
In 1983, People magazine reported that Marta and actor David Soul had an "open relationship" in the 1970s. The article explained, "All through the Starsky and Hutch years David and Lynne lived together but spent time with other people." Soul died seven days before her.
Marta was an earwitness to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989.
Marta died from cancer in Los Angeles, on January 11, 2024, at the age of 78.

Filmography