Roberta Haynes

Roberta Haynes was an American actress whose career in film, television and theater lasted from 1947 to 1989. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and raised in Los Angeles, she studied drama with Herbert Berghof and modern dance with Martha Graham. Her first known professional credit came in 1947 in a Los Angeles production of Charley's Aunt, which earned her an Actors' Equity card. She had small film parts in Knock on Any Door and We Were Strangers (1949), then toured in The Madwoman of Chaillot. Her leading role as Maeva opposite Gary Cooper in Return to Paradise (1953) brought favorable reviews, and she followed it with Gun Fury (1953) under a Columbia contract. After a long gap, she returned in Point Blank (1967). Later credits included producing television movies and a part in Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). She co-authored How to Make It in Hollywood, published in 1975.