Marta Kristen spent three seasons drifting through the stars as Judy Robinson on Lost in Space, but her real story started years earlier in a hidden wartime orphanage in Norway.
In this conversation, she traces her adoption into a Michigan Family, the chance encounter in a Santa Monica deli that launched her Hollywood career, and the wild shift her most famous show took once a certain caped crusader hit the airwaves. She also opens up about a devastating wildfire that took her home and her nearly finished memoir, and the unexpected new chapter of Love she’s found in the years since.
Show Highlights:
- Marta auditioned for one of the most iconic movie musicals ever made, and the reason she didn’t land the part isn’t what anyone expects.
- One of her earliest films dropped her into freezing ocean water for hours, right alongside a comedy legend nobody saw coming for that kind of role.
- Her character got quietly pushed to the background halfway through one of the most beloved shows of the 1960s, and it all traces back to one castmate rewriting his own scenes.
- A random airport encounter turned into one of the strangest “you have no idea who I am” moments of her entire career.
- She lost nearly everything in a devastating fire, including a book she’d almost finished about the wildest story of her life, and she’s already plotting what comes next.
You’re going to love my conversation with Marta Kristen
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I'm a tech entrepreneur, podcaster, and professional stand-up comedian. I started my journey in the tech industry back in 1997 when I founded my own website development company, which was one of the pioneering companies in the country at the time. While working in technology, my comedic talents couldn't be contained, and I eventually took to the stage as a stand-up comedian.
My passion for comedy led me to create Hashtag Roundup (@hashtagroundup on Twitter), a platform that has contributed to over 8000 top 10 USA trends on Twitter. With the growth of social media, particularly Instagram, I founded Stampede Social, a company aimed at helping creators drive traffic to their content without relying solely on a link in their bio.
