Lynnie Greene
Lynnie Greene | |
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Born | Laura Lyn Greene May 21, 1954 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Other names | Lyn Greene |
Education | Juilliard School |
Occupation(s) | Actress, writer, television director and producer |
Laura Lyn "Lynnie" Greene, also known as Lyn Greene (born May 21, 1954) is an actress, writer, director and producer in the television industry.
Career
Greene grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. In 1977 she co-starred with another newcomer, Bess Armstrong, in the short-lived CBS comedy On Our Own. She played a recurring role in The Golden Girls (during flashbacks, as a younger version of Bea Arthur's character, Dorothy Zbornak).
She originated the role of Emma Goldman in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins in 1990–91, as well as recreating the role of Comrade Charlotte in the 1987 reworking of Kander & Ebb's Flora the Red Menace. [citation needed]
Writing and producing
Greene was previously a writer and an executive producer on the series Nip/Tuck, BOSS and the ABC series Scoundrels, which is a remake of the New Zealand television series Outrageous Fortune. [citation needed] She was also a co-executive producer on Showtime's Masters of Sex. Greene most recently served as an executive producer on the 2016 Amazon mini-series The Interestings, based on Meg Wolitzer's novel of the same name; and on the 2018 The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, based on Joël Dicker's 2014 novel.
Partial filmography
- On Our Own (1977 TV series) (1977–78)
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
- Search for Tomorrow (1985) (credit only)
- Cagney & Lacey (1987) (as Lyn Greene)
- Baby Boom (American TV series) (1988)
- Law & Order (1991) (as Lyn Greene)
- The Golden Girls (1987-1991) (as Lyn Greene)
- The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994)
Sources
- 1954 births
- Actresses from Massachusetts
- American musical theatre actresses
- American television actresses
- Television producers from Massachusetts
- American women television producers
- American television writers
- American women television directors
- American television directors
- Living people
- Actors from Newton, Massachusetts
- American women television writers
- Writers from Newton, Massachusetts
- Screenwriters from Massachusetts
- 21st-century American women
- American actor stubs