Lynne Thigpen
Date of birth: 1948-12-22
Place of birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lynne Richmond
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.
Movie Credits
The Boys Next Door
1996-02-04
Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due
Novocaine
2001-11-23
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Article 99
1992-03-13
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs.
Naked in New York
1993-11-10
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joan
Bob Roberts
1992-09-04
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickl
The Insider
1999-10-28
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Mi
Tootsie
1982-12-17
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Micha
Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
1973-03-21
In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn f
Chance of a Lifetime
1998-03-29
Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief
Fol-de-Rol
1972-02-28
A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The speci
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
2000-08-29
The winter holidays find Bear and his friends planning a big celebration. They're all getting ready
Rockabye
1986-01-11
A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young so
Night Ride Home
1999-02-07
When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each fa
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995-10-25
Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestig
Blankman
1994-08-19
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles
Lean On Me
1989-03-03
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing
Random Hearts
1999-10-08
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each o
Anger Management
2003-04-11
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave B
Private Affairs
1989-10-26
A departure from most ABC Afterschool Specials, this one focuses on Madeline Green, a teenage girl w
Separate But Equal
1991-04-07
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroye
The Warriors
1979-02-01
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and tak
Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special
2002-01-01
Join Bear and friends for fun and humorous learning
Bear in the Big Blue House - Party Time with Bear
2001-07-01
Let your child learn, explore and have fun with this award-winning series. Celebrate good times wit
Just Cause
1995-02-17
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a y
Streets of Fire
1984-06-01
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former
Tintypes
1981-01-01
Debuting on Broadway in 1980, Tintypes is a musical review featuring songs from the early twentieth
Pretty Poison
1996-09-24
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the t
The Paper
1994-03-18
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long ho
Fear Stalk
1989-12-17
A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse.
Impulse
1990-04-06
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relation
Working
1982-04-13
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing th
Flanagan
1985-10-30
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shak
Shaft
2000-06-15
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But t
An American Daughter
2000-06-05
A Senator's daughter seems to have a lock on a nomination as the US Surgeon General, until a backgro
When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
1979-07-30
This lively, spirit-lifting musical celebrates the sheer joy -- and survival -- of black music, song
Sweet Liberty
1986-05-16
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hol
Bicentennial Man
1999-12-17
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the
Running on Empty
1988-09-09
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixti
Hello Again
1987-11-06
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister
A Mother's Instinct
1996-03-13
Holly Mitchell a divorcee, remarries widower, Carl Gibbons, the father of two small boys. When she b
Girlfriend
1993-04-15
Two teenage girls, one black and one white, become friends while working on a mural to honor a black