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Profile of Lynne Thigpen
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Lynne Thigpen |
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22nd December 1948 |
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Joliet, Illinois, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Lynne Thigpen (December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003) was an American actress.
She was born Cherlynne Richmond in Joliet, Illinois, and obtained a degree in teaching. She taught high school English briefly in Joliet, while studying theatre and dance at the University of Illinois, then, in 1971, moved to New York City where she began a prolific theater career, appearing initially in musicals such as Godspell, The Night that Made America Famous, The Magic Show, Working, and Tintypes. Her first film was Godspell in 1973. Her later work emphasized her acting over her singing abilities.
She died, unexpectedly, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 54. The cause of death was "acute cardiac dysfunction, nontraumatic systemic and spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage and hemorrhage in the brain", as well as an enlarged heart. Drugs and foul play were ruled out.
Her last film role was Anger Management, released April 11, 2003.
Credits
Stage
- Godspell: 1973
- The Night That Made America Famous: 1975
- The Magic Show: 1976
- Working
- But Never Jam Today
- Tintypes: 1980-81
- August Wilson's Fences: 1988
- Jar the Floor
- Athol Fugard's Boesman and Lena: Obie award, 1992
- A Month of Sundays
- Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter:1996-7 (Tony Award 1997)
Radio
- The Garrison Keillor Show
Screen
- Godspell (1973)
- The Warriors (1979) (She appears as the radio announcer, only her lips are seen.)
- Tootsie (1982)
- Lean on Me (1989)
- Article 99 (1992)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- Blankman (1994)
- Random Hearts (1999)
- The Insider (1999)
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Shaft (2000)
- Novocaine (2001)
- Anger Management (2003)
Television
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? as The Chief
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? as The Chief
- The District (as Chief Jack Mannion's Director of Administration, Ella Farmer)
- All My Children: as nurse Grace Keefer
- thirtysomething
- L.A. Law
- Law and Order
Software
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief
- Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief
Voice
- The Bear in the Big Blue House as Luna
Awards (nominations)
NAACP Image Awards
- 1997 Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for All My Children
- 1996 Outstanding Performance in an Educational/Informational Youth or Children's Series/Special for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Daytime Emmy Awards
- 2004 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for Bear in the Big Blue House
- This nomination was posthumous
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