Overview
Lynne Thigpen
Known For
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
The winter holidays find Bear and his friends planning a...
Bear in the Big Blue House
The series provides children with valuable tools for growth in...
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
A game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game...
A Mother's Instinct
Holly Mitchell a divorcee, remarries widower, Carl Gibbons, the father...
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.