Marta Kristen Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Marta Kristen (born February 26, 1945) is an American actress. The naturally blonde-haired Kristen is best-known for her role as Professor John and Maureen Robinson's beautiful daughter, Judy Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space (1965–1968). Marta played the part of the space family's eldest child, a mature "20-something woman" near the age group of the space pilot, played by Mark Goddard. Her mature role allowed adult form-fitting fashions and hairstyles, as shown in publicity photos of the TV series. Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish... MORE

Marta Kristen (born February 26, 1945) is an American actress. The naturally blonde-haired Kristen is best-known for her role as Professor John and Maureen Robinson's beautiful daughter, Judy Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space (1965–1968). Marta played the part of the space family's eldest child, a mature "20-something woman" near the age group of the space pilot, played by Mark Goddard. Her mature role allowed adult form-fitting fashions and hairstyles, as shown in publicity photos of the TV series. Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish mother and a German soldier father who was killed during World War II. She was adopted in 1949 by an American couple from Detroit, Michigan and was renamed Marta. She moved to Los Angeles, California, with her family in 1959 and is a graduate of Santa Monica High School. Her first success in acting was the role of Lorelei in the 1965 movie Beach Blanket Bingo. She would later star in Lost in Space and make numerous guest appearances on television shows. When her daughter was born in 1969 she began making television commercials and eventually appeared in more than 40. In recent years she has starred in LESS