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 f...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Anger Management
2003
as Judge Daniels
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger man...

Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special
2002
as Luna (voice)
Join Bear and friends for fun and humorous learning

Novocaine
2001
as Pat
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

Bear in the Big Blue House - Party Time with Bear
2001
as Luna (voice)
Let your child learn, explore and have fun with this award-winning series. Celebrate good times with Bear and all his friends in three party-hearty e...

Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
2000
as Luna (voice)
The winter holidays find Bear and his friends planning a big celebration. They're all getting ready for Christmas, but also learn about Hanukkah and K...

Shaft
2000
as Carla Howard
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

An American Daughter
2000
as Dr. Judith B. Kaufman
A Senator's daughter seems to have a lock on a nomination as the US Surgeon General, until a background check reveals she once neglected to return a j...

Bicentennial Man
1999
as Female President
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the ...

The Insider
1999
as Mrs. Williams
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Random Hearts
1999
as Phyllis Bonaparte
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possession...

Night Ride Home
1999
as Fran
When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are...

Chance of a Lifetime
1998
as Ms. Wood
Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his b...

Pretty Poison
1996
as Jane Azenauer
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.

A Mother's Instinct
1996
as "Mike" Wheelwright
Holly Mitchell a divorcee, remarries widower, Carl Gibbons, the father of two small boys. When she begins to question his past, he disappears with the...

The Boys Next Door
1996
as Mrs. Tracy
Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four d...

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
as Captain Gigi Gardenas
Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with t...

Just Cause
1995
as Ida Conklin
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Blankman
1994
as Grandma Walker
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he de...

The Paper
1994
as Janet
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, p...

Naked in New York
1993
as Helen
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while fa...
Girlfriend
1993
as Jo Delancey
Two teenage girls, one black and one white, become friends while working on a mural to honor a black classmate killed by random gunshots.

Bob Roberts
1992
as Kelly Noble
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Article 99
1992
as Nurse White
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Separate But Equal
1991
as Ruth Alice Stovall
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Impulse
1990
as Dr. Gardner
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.

Fear Stalk
1989
as Barbara
A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse. The thief begins to make threatening phone calls ...

Private Affairs
1989
as Mrs. Meeks
A departure from most ABC Afterschool Specials, this one focuses on Madeline Green, a teenage girl who discovers her father's affair with a friend of ...

Lean On Me
1989
as Leonna Barrett
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...

Running on Empty
1988
as Contact at Eldridge St.
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effo...

Hello Again
1987
as Reporter #2
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.

Sweet Liberty
1986
as Claire
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival ...

Rockabye
1986
as Rica Towne
A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young son snatched from her moments after getting off the ...

Flanagan
1985
as Woman Cop
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he ...

Streets of Fire
1984
as Subway Motorwoman
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be pa...

Tootsie
1982
as Jo
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, ...

Working
1982
as Telephone Operator
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a s...

Tintypes
1981
Debuting on Broadway in 1980, Tintypes is a musical review featuring songs from the early twentieth century providing the audience with a look into th...

When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
1979
as Featured Performer
This lively, spirit-lifting musical celebrates the sheer joy -- and survival -- of black music, song and poetry since the days of America's Civil War....

The Warriors
1979
as D.J.
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader ki...

Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
1973
as Lynne
In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance...

Fol-de-Rol
1972
as Witch / Ensemble
A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.