A 22-year-old former Gloversville woman, who calls this city "home," has been signed to a three-year motion picture contract with an independent Hollywood production company.

Miss Lynne Ann Hornett, daughter of the late Louis K. Hornett and Mrs. Arlene Hornett of Tampa, Fla., has been cast in her first motion picture, which is scheduled to start production in about six weeks.

Rex Walters of Hollywood, Calif., who has placed Miss Hornett under a three-year management contract with his firm, Rex Walters Enterprises, told The Leader-Herald yesterday afternoon the Gloversville native has "a leading role in a motion picture" called "Priest of the Damned."

Walters, noting Miss Hornett plays the part of a gangleader's girlfriend named Marge, said "this is a legitimate movie, not a sex garbage film."

The movie will be produced by Stan Gourman, who has signed Miss Hornett to the three-year motion picture contract with Stan Gourman Productions, an independent Hollywood firm.

Gourman, who works out of Sam Goldwyn Studios, has among his credits the movie, "If He Hollers Let Him Go," which starred Barbara McNair, according to Walters.

Miss Hornett, a 1966 graduate of Gloversville High School, has been in Hollywood only about three months and attributes her rapid success to a bit "of luck" and determination.

A 1970 June graduate of Rider College in Trenton, N.J., it was at the urging of a drama professor that Miss Hornett went to California at all.

She said to professor, who taught Acting 1 at Rider College, told her she ought to think seriously about acting. Miss Hornett, who majored in marketing research, was a member of Theater 59 while at college.

The lead male role in the movie, "Priest of the Damned," hasn't been filled as yet, Walters noted, but negotiations are going on with Cliff Robertson and Clint Eastwood.

Under the terms of Miss Hornett's contract with Gourman Productions, Walters said she will be required to do at least four pictures in the next three years. June 10, 1971