Lynne Thigpen photo

Lynne Thigpen

Acting

  • Born
  • December 22, 1948
  • Died
  • March 12, 2003
  • Place of birth
  • Joliet, Illinois, USA

Biography

Cherlynne Theresa 'Lynne' Thigpen (December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was known for her roles as The Chief of ACME Crimenet on the game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and various spinoffs, Luna (The Moon) on the Playhouse Disney children's series Bear in the Big Blue House, and Ella Farmer on The District (2000–2003). For her varied television work, she was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards and she also won a Tony Award in 1997 for portraying Dr. Judith Kaufman in An American Daughter.

As actor 67

Law & Order poster
Law & Order
1990
King of the Hill poster
King of the Hill
1997
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards
1956
Hunter poster
Hunter
1984
Homicide: Life on the Street poster
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Cosby Show poster
The Cosby Show
1984
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law
1986
American Playhouse poster
American Playhouse
1982
The Equalizer poster
The Equalizer
1985
The District poster
The District
2000
Dear John poster
Dear John
1988
thirtysomething poster
thirtysomething
1987
Bear in the Big Blue House poster
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997
Reading Rainbow poster
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Insider poster
The Insider
1999
Bicentennial Man poster
Bicentennial Man
1999
Gimme a Break! poster
Gimme a Break!
1981
Anger Management poster
Anger Management
2003
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
The Warriors poster
The Warriors
1979
Shaft poster
Shaft
2000
Tootsie poster
Tootsie
1982
Streets of Fire poster
Streets of Fire
1984
Roseanne poster
Roseanne
1988
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? poster
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
1991
Just Cause poster
Just Cause
1995
Random Hearts poster
Random Hearts
1999
Lean On Me poster
Lean On Me
1989
Love, Sidney poster
Love, Sidney
1981
The Paper poster
The Paper
1994
Hello Again poster
Hello Again
1987
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? poster
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
1996
Article 99 poster
Article 99
1992
Godspell poster
Godspell
1973
Running on Empty poster
Running on Empty
1988
The Ellen Burstyn Show poster
The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Blankman poster
Blankman
1994
Novocaine poster
Novocaine
2001
Naked in New York poster
Naked in New York
1993
Bob Roberts poster
Bob Roberts
1992
Pretty Poison poster
Pretty Poison
1996
Girlfriend
1993
FM poster
FM
1989
America's War on Poverty poster
America's War on Poverty
1995
Separate but Equal poster
Separate but Equal
1991
Tintypes poster
Tintypes
1981
Sweet Liberty poster
Sweet Liberty
1986
Impulse poster
Impulse
1990
The Boys Next Door poster
The Boys Next Door
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling poster
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas poster
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
2000
An American Daughter poster
An American Daughter
2000
Separate but Equal poster
Separate but Equal
1991
Fear Stalk poster
Fear Stalk
1989
Working poster
Working
1982
Night Ride Home poster
Night Ride Home
1999
Fol-de-Rol poster
Fol-de-Rol
1972
Flanagan poster
Flanagan
1985
Chance of a Lifetime poster
Chance of a Lifetime
1998
Rockabye poster
Rockabye
1986
Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special poster
Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special
2002
When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate poster
When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
1979
Bear in the Big Blue House - Party Time with Bear poster
Bear in the Big Blue House - Party Time with Bear
2001
A Mother's Instinct poster
A Mother's Instinct
1996
Private Affairs poster
Private Affairs
1989
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom poster
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom
1996