Thigpen also portrayed a radio DJ (shown only from the nose down) in Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979), and Leonna Barrett, the mother of an expelled student, in Lean on Me (1989), the story of American high school principal Joe Louis Clark. Her first feature film role was as Lynne in Godspell (1973), co-starring opposite Victor Garber and David Haskell. In 1995, she served as associate artistic director of the acclaimed off-Broadway theater, Circle Repertory Company, while Austin Pendleton served as artistic director. She had a long and prolific theater career and appeared in numerous musicals including Godspell, The Night That Made America Famous, The Magic Show, Working, Tintypes, and An American Daughter (for which she won her Tony Award for her portrayal of Dr. Thigpen moved to New York City in 1971 to begin her career as a stage actress. She taught high school English briefly while studying theatre at the University of Illinois on an acting fellowship. Thigpen was born in Joliet, Illinois, to George and Celia (Martin) Thigpen.
Judith Kaufman in An American Daughter, and also played Ella Farmer on The District (2000–2003). She won a Tony Award in 1997 for portraying Dr. For her varied television work, Thigpen was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards.
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She was known for her role as "The Chief" of ACME Crimenet in the game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and various spinoffs, and for her role as "Luna" (The Moon) in the Playhouse Disney children's series Bear in the Big Blue House. The Chief in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?ġ997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – ( An American Daughter)Ĭherlynne Theresa "Lynne" Thigpen (Decem– March 12, 2003) was an American actress of stage and screen. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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