She succumbed to cancer on January 11th at her home in Los Angeles.
Actress Lynne Marta has died of cancer at the age of 78. She died on January 11th at her home in Los Angeles. She leaves behind a sister.
Born on October 30, 1945 in New Jersey, Mimin became best known for her role as Lulu Warnicker in the 1984 dance film “Footloose,” alongside Kevin Bacon.
The dance film was followed by crime series
After her success with “Footloose,” she continued to appear in works such as “Joe Kidd” and “Blood Beach,” and also starred in the TV series “Days of Our Lives,” “The Young and the Restless” and “Law and Order.” ” with.
She was also seen in the crime series “Starsky and Hutch”, where she also became closer to her set colleague David Soul. The two had an open relationship for a while. Soul died in a London hospital earlier this year on January 4th.
In addition to her appearance in various cinematic works, Lynne Marta also came into the spotlight through a tragic event in 1989. She was part of a trial regarding the murder of her actress friend Rebecca Schaeffer. Marta found the then 21-year-old after she was shot by a stalker and called 911. At that time, she explained that she could still hear her colleague screaming “while she was dialing the emergency number.”