In the following year, she met her future second husband, Kevin P. The two have a daughter together, namely Lora Alison Treadwell, born on 11 November 1969 after she gave birth, Marta focused her career on doing commercials instead of movies and series. Her first marriage lasted from 1964 until 1973, with Terry Treadwell, a psychologist. Marta hasn’t been the subject of any controversies concerning her love life – it’s known that she was married twice. In 2015, Marta reprised her role as Judy Robinson in “Lost in Space: The Epilogue”, and then, she was seen in short movies such as “Ageless” (2016) and “Breaking Point” (2018). In the following year, she portrayed Marilyn Beckett in “Below Utopia”, and then had a small part in the spin-off from the series “Lost in Space”, as Judy Robinson, in 1998, starring Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman and William Hurt, that had 17 award nominations and won three. Marta portrayed Mona in the 1987 movie “Strange Voices” before she was seen as Martha Troyer in another TV movie “Harvest of Fire” in 1996. Next, she was seen in 1975, starring as Julie in “Gemini Affair”, opposite Anne Seymour and Kathy Kersh, followed by her role in the 1980 movie “Battle Beyond the Stars”. Posted by LOST IN SPACE Remastered Blu-ray Disc Edition on Saturday, February 3, 2018 I just rewatched Bill Mumy's 'LOST IN SPACE: The Epilogue.' I guess it might have been over a year since I last viewed… In the same year, Marta was cast to play her first lead role as Humanity in the fantasy drama “Once”. She had an uncredited role in the 1971 movie “The Mephisto Waltz”, and then was seen as Lee Phillips in “Terminal Island” in 1973. Marta made her first movie appearance portraying Lisbeth Searcy in the 1963 movie “Savage Sam”, based on the novel of the same title by Fred Gipson, and followed with her role as Lorelei in “Beach Blanket Bingo” in 1965. D.” (1985) and “Scarecrow and Mrs King” (1987), while her next role came in the 1994 series “Murphy Brown”, but also in just one episode.Īfter 15 years, she was seen in three episodes of the series “The Vamp Next Door”, a comedy-drama starring Rae Latt and Rachel Bailit. In the ‘80s, she was seen in “Trapper John, M. In the following years, Marta mostly guest starred, in numerous series including “Insight” (1969), “Mannix” (1972), and “Project U. The series had five award nominations, including two for Primetime Emmys. Kildare”, while in the following year, she guest-starred in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”įrom 1965 until 1968, she was seen in 84 episodes of the series “Lost in Space”, which followed the story of a space colony family who struggle to survive after a stowaway throws their ship off course Marta’s character Judy Robinson was the oldest child in the family. In 1963, Marta was seen in “The Dick Powell Theatre” and “Dr. Marta made her acting debut portraying Bonnie in an episode of the series “The Loretta Young Show” in 1960, followed by her recurring role in “My Three Sons” (1960-1964).Ĭoncurrently, she was seen as Christine Staples in “Leave It to Beaver” in 1961, and in the same year, she made an appearance in two episodes of the series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. She didn’t go to college, but pursued her acting career, performing under her stage name ‘Marta Kristen’.

She attended Santa Monica High School, from which she matriculated in 1963. When her father was on a sabbatical during 1959, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, and Marta stayed there with a guardian. When Marta grew up, she went to Finland and found her biological mother, and discovered that she also has a half-sister and half-brother.

Her adoptive father was a professor at Wayne University in Detroit, and she has a brother who was also adopted by the couple. In 1949, Marta was adopted by Harold and Bertha Soderquist, a young couple from Detroit, Michigan USA, who renamed her Martha. Image source Early life and educationīorn Birgit Annalisa Rusanen on 26 February 1945, in Oslo, Norway, Marta spent her first years in an orphanage, after her mother, who was Finnish, left her there when her father, a German soldier died in World War II. Marta Kristen has 45 acting credits to her name, and besides the aforementioned role, she’s known for starring in numerous short movies, including “Breaking Point”, which brought her a nomination for GI Film Festival-San Diego Local Film Showcase Award for Best Actress, in 2019. Fans of the series “Lost in Space” are certainly familiar with the character of Judy Robinson, and the actress who portrayed this character, Marta Kristen, is still known best for her role in this classic science-fiction series, also starring Guy Williams, Mark Goddard and June Lockhart.

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