The Scandinavian actor Marta Kristen was given up by her mother at the end of World War II to allow the five-year-old to live a life unmarred by the awful reality that her parents were members of the Third Reich. Her adoptive parents moved from Detroit to Los Angeles in 1959, where Kristen quickly found steady work on television in series like “My Three Sons,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “Leave It to Beaver.”
Her three seasons as Judy Robinson, the eldest daughter of the clan, turned her into a genre fan favorite, and she’s been a reliable presence at conventions over the years. Post-“Lost in Space,” her most memorable performances were probably in the cult curiosity “Terminal Island” (opposite future “Magnum P.I.” stars Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley) and the Roger Corman-produced, John Sayles-scripted “Seven Samurai” riff “Battle Beyond the Stars.”
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