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Lynne Thigpen

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, in Los Angeles, 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.

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

  • The Warriors: 1979 (She appears as the radio announcer, only her lips are seen.)
  • The Insider
  • Random Hearts
  • Tootsie: 1982
  • Lean on Me: 1989
  • Godspell: 1991
  • Bob Roberts: 1992
  • Article 99: 1992
  • BLANKMAN: 1994
  • Where in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego?: 1998
  • Bicentennial Man: 1999
  • Where in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego? II: 2000
  • Shaft: 2000
  • 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

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Drugs and foul play were ruled out. Seeger and Hays founded communal homes called Almanac Houses, but the group fell apart soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor. 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. More recordings followed, but blacklisting and internal friction soon drove the group apart. She was 54. The second album was Talking Union, a collection of labor songs, many of which were intensely anti-Roosevelt. She died, unexpectedly, in Los Angeles, California. Politics and music remained closely intertwined with the members' political beliefs, which were far-left and occasionally led to controversial associations with the Communist Party USA. Their first release was an album called Songs for John Doe, would urged non-intervention in World War II, and was made with the help of Eric Bernay (of Keynote), Joe Thompson (of NBC), Nicholas Ray (future film director) and Alan Lomax (musicologist).

Her first film was Godspell in 1973. Her later work emphasized her acting over her singing abilities. in February of 1941. 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. Mainstream national success began after the American Youth Congress meeting in Washington D.C. She was born Cherlynne Richmond in Joliet, Illinois, and obtained a degree in teaching. Members Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie began playing together informally after Seeger and Hays had been playing at left-wing political functions for a time. Lynne Thigpen (December 22, 1948 - March 12, 2003) was an American actress. The Almanac Singers were a group of folk musicians who achieved brief popularity in the early 1940s.

The Bear in the Big Blue House as Luna. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief. is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief. Where in the U.S.A.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? v.3.0 as The Chief. Law and Order. Law. L.A.

thirtysomething. All My Children: as nurse Grace Keefer. The District (as Chief Jack Mannion's Director of Administration, Ella Farmer). Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? as The Chief.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? as The Chief. Anger Management: 2003. Shaft: 2000. Where in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego? II: 2000.

Bicentennial Man: 1999. Where in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego?: 1998. BLANKMAN: 1994. Article 99: 1992.

Bob Roberts: 1992. Godspell: 1991. Lean on Me: 1989. Tootsie: 1982.

Random Hearts. The Insider. The Warriors: 1979 (She appears as the radio announcer, only her lips are seen.). The Garrison Keillor Show.

Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter:1996-7 (Tony Award 1997). A Month of Sundays. Athol Fugard's Boesman and Lena: Obie award, 1992. Jar the Floor.

August Wilson's Fences: 1988. Tintypes: 1980-81. But Never Jam Today. Working.

The Magic Show: 1976. The Night That Made America Famous: 1975. Godspell: 1973.