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{{for|basketball coach|Lynne Roberts (basketball)}}
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| image = Lynne Roberts in Billy the Kid Returns.jpg
|birth_name= Theda Mae Roberts▼
| caption = Roberts in ''[[Billy the Kid Returns]]'' (1938)
▲| birth_name = Theda Mae Roberts
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|4|1|1922|11|22}}
|occupation=Actress▼
| death_place = [[Sherman Oaks, California]], U.S.
|other names=Mary Hart<br>Lynn Roberts▼
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]], [[Glendale, California]]
|years_active=1936–1958▼
▲| occupation = Actress
▲| years_active = 1936–1958
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|William Engelbert, Jr.|1941|1944|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Louis John Gardella|1944|1952|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Hyman B. Samuels|1953|1961|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Don Sebastian]]|1971|reason=separated}}<ref name=sep>Everett Aaker. ''Encyclopedia of early television crime fighters''. McFarland 2006 Page 479</ref>
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'''Lynne Roberts''', also credited as '''Mary Hart''',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Mary|title=Shine On, Harvest Moon|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies2.htm|website=The Old Corral|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref> born '''Theda May Roberts''' (November 22, 1922<ref>{{cite web| title = B-Western Heroines, Lynne Roberts|url = http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies2.htm | accessdate = 2008-12-12}}</ref> – April 1, 1978) was an American film actress during the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]. She appeared exclusively in what were referred to as [[B-movie]]s.▼
▲'''Lynne Roberts''', also credited as '''Mary Hart''',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Mary|title=Shine On, Harvest Moon|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies2.htm|website=The Old Corral|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref> born '''Theda May Roberts''' (November 22, 1922<ref>{{cite web| title = B-Western Heroines, Lynne Roberts|url = http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies2.htm | accessdate = 2008-12-12}}</ref> – April 1, 1978) was an American film actress during the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]. She appeared exclusively in what were referred to as [[B
==Early years==
Born in El Paso, Texas, Roberts was the daughter of Hobart M. Roberts, a bookkeeper, and May Holland.<ref>Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, birth certificate of Theda May Roberts</ref> The family moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s.{{Citation needed |date=July 2023}}
==Career==
Roberts began working as an actress in the 1930s, under contract to [[Republic Pictures]].
In 1941 she starred with [[Sonja Henie]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] in ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]'', while under contract to [[20th Century-Fox]]. She returned to Republic Pictures in 1944, and stayed under contract there until 1948. She starred with [[Gene Autry]] in ''Sioux City Sue'' in 1946, and appeared in two more films with Autry: ''[[Robin Hood of Texas]]'' and ''[[Saddle Pals (film)|Saddle Pals]]'', as well as three films with [[Roy Rogers]], and one with [[Monte Hale]]. (Johnny D. Boggs, in his book, ''Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012'', wrote, "Lynne Roberts would co-star with [Roy] Rogers in eight Westerns, billed as Mary Hart in the first seven of those.")<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boggs|first1=Johnny D.|title=Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476603353|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SiXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|accessdate=27 September 2016|language=en}}</ref>
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Roberts appeared in 64 films in total. Of those, 21 were westerns, and two were serials.
==Personal life and death==
[[File:Hysamuels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Lynne Roberts (left), Sally Naiditch, [[Anne T. Hill]] (3rd from left), Dr. Leon W. Naiditch,
Roberts married four times. Her first marriage was to
Her second marriage was to Louis John Gardella, which also ended in divorce. In court, Gardella's attorney argued that the couple's Arizona wedding was invalid because Roberts was not legally divorced from Engelbert, although Roberts claimed she had a Mexican divorce decree.<ref>Daytona Beach Morning Journal - May 25, 1951</ref>
In 1953, Roberts married brassiere manufacturer
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Hunt the Man Down]]'' (1950) as Sally Clark
* ''[[Dynamite Pass]]'' (1950) as Mrs. Mary Madden
* ''[[Because of You (1952 film)|Because of You]]'' (1952) as Rosemary Balder
* ''[[The Blazing Forest]]'' (1952) as Grace Hanson
* ''[[Port Sinister]]'' (1953) as Joan Hunter
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