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{{Short description|American actress (1922–1978)}}
{{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
In 1953, Roberts married brassiere manufacturer
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Hollywood Stadium Mystery]]'' (1938) as Edna Mayberry
* ''[[The Lone Ranger (serial)|The Lone Ranger]]'' (1938) as Joan Blanchard
* ''[[Billy the Kid Returns]]'' (1938) (billed as
* ''[[Come On, Rangers]]'' (1938) (as Mary Hart) as Janice Forbes
* ''[[Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938 film)|Shine On, Harvest Moon]]'' (1938) (as Mary Hart) as Claire Brower
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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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*[http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies2.htm B-Western Heroines, Lynne Roberts]
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