Lynn Milgrim (born March 17, 1944)[1] is an American film, television, and stageactress.[2] She was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.[1] She is best known as an accomplishedstage actress and has been in numerousBroadway, national, and regional productions.[3][4][5][6] She has also appeared in many feature films, television series, and television movies.[7][8]
Broadway roles include:Bedroom Farce as Jan,[9]Otherwise Engaged as Davina,[1][9] andCharley's Aunt as Amy Spettigue.[9]
Other stage roles include:What Would Jeanne Moreau Do? by Elinor Jones;[10] WIN/LOSE/DRAW at the Provincetown Playhouse, withThe New York Times calling her a "delightful actress";[11]Lynne Meadows'sClose of Play; playing Helena (Staff) inWilliam Shakespeare's playA Midsummer's Night Dream at the Actors Theatre of Louisville; playing Celimene inMoliere's playThe Misanthrope in theWilliamstown Theatre Festival production at the Adams Memorial Theatre Main Stage atWilliams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts withEmery Battis; as Mrs. Yang inBertolt Brecht's playThe Good Woman of Setzuan, also at Williams College; as Geraldine Barclay inJoe Orton's playWhat The Butler Saw, also at Williams College; and playing the mother-in-law in theBertolt Brecht playThe Caucasian Chalk Circle at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California; and many more.[12]
More recent productions include:Samuel D. Hunter'sRest andOutside Mullingar byJohn Patrick Shanley,[13] both also at South Coast Repertory;[14][15] a revival ofJoseph Kesserling’s 1941 Broadway classicArsenic And Old Lace at La Mirada Theatre in Los Angeles;[16][17][18] Christine Deitne'sDiana of Dobson's;[19][20]Eastern Standard at the Coast Playhouse;[21]George Bernard Shaw'sPygmalion at the Pasadena Playhouse,[18] with her performance called "excellent";[22]Hedda Gabler;[23] andA Doll's House, Part 2.[24][25]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Doctors | Vanessa | ||
| 1978 | Another World | Susan Shearer | 4 episodes | |
| 1982 | ||||
| 1999 | Rugrats | Corrine | Voice 1 episode | |
| Everyone Loves Raymond | Cecily | 1 episode | ||
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Nana | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 - 2012 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Qiong Qi (voice) Female Pig (voice) | [7][8] | |
| 2012 | Winx Club | The Ancestral Spirit of Nature | 1 episode | |
| Southland | Mary | 1 episode | ||
| 2017 | Chicago Med | Sylvia Roseblatt | 1 episode | |
| 2018 | The Fosters | Beth Green | 1 episode |
She has had recurring roles and made guest appearances on major TV shows such asThe Doctors,The Wonder Years,Life Goes On,Mama's Family,Knots Landing,Who's the Boss?,Highway to Heaven,CBS Summer Playhouse,The Equalizer,9-1-1
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Employee of the Month | Mrs. Chapman | [7][8] |
Her film credits includeTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970),Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983), twoCybill Shepherd movies (Telling Secrets (1993) (TV) andBaby Brokers (1994)
She is married to fellow actorH. Richard Greene. The two had recurring roles as Jim and Evelyn Cooper, Winnie Cooper's parents, onThe Wonder Years.