Lyn Greene Biography (1954?-)

Full name, Lynda Greene; born May 21, 1954 (some sources say 1955), in Newton(some sources say Boston), MA; daughter of Kermit (a businessman) and Elinore A. (a teacher and author; maiden name, Ziff) Greene. Addresses: Contact: c/o Actors' Equity Association, 165 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, producer, writer
Birth Details: May 21, 1954?; Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Lead singer, Earthlight, Charles Playhouse, Boston,MA, 1972
Michelle Schwartz, Kid Purple, Roundabout Theatre II, New York City, 1984
Painting Churches, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-1986
Jane, Villa Serena, American Stage Company, Teaneck, NJ, 1986-1987
Charlotte, Flora, the Red Menace, Vineyard Theatre, New York City,1987-1988
Aldrich, Freeze Tag, Henry Street Settlement Theatre, New York City, 1989
Edna Edison, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1989
Emma Goldman, Assassins, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1990-1991
Josie, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Kansas City, MO, 1990-1991
Working One Acts '91, Theatre Row Theatre, New York City, 1991
A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1991-1992
Also appeared in Quirks, Edison, NY; Say Goodnight Gracie,Actors Playhouse, New York City; Hi Low, a solo show staged in New York; appeared as Hope, Amateurs, Michael Bennet Studios, New York City;as Nancy, Oliver, the Leader, Zorba, and Sally Bowles, Cabaret, all at Colorado Center for the Performing Arts; as Mary Warren, The Crucible, and Anne Rutledge, Spoon River Anthology, both at Meadowbrook Summer Theatre; as Susie La Reve, The Gang's All Here, Ralph Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles; as Sister Ralph, Ready or Not, Pennsylvania Stage Company; as Lina, Misalliance, and Rosalind, As You Like It, both Arizona Theatre Company; in the lead roles, Sprechen Sie Brecht, White Barn, Westport, CT, and Brecht on Brecht, St. Louis Repertory Company, Loretto-Hilton Hotel, St. Louis, MO; as Jenny, The Threepenny Opera, Portland Stage Company, Portland, OR; as Lucy Brown, The Threepenny Opera, St. Louis Repertory Company, Loretto-Hilton Hotel; as Lenny, Crimes of the Heart, Portland Stage Company; and as Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Denver Center Theatre, Denver, CO. Toured as Rotonde, The Love Cure, with Lincoln Center tour.
Stage Work
Director of Hi Low, a solo show, produced off-Broadway.
Film Appearances
(As Lynnie Greene) Cynthia Sherman, Over the Brooklyn Bridge (alsoknown as Across the Brooklyn Bridge and My Darling Shiksa), United Artists, 1984
Television Appearances
Series

(As Lynnie Greene) Maria Teresa Bonino, On Our Own, CBS, 1977-1978
Episodic
Panelist, Get Rich Quick, 1977
Panelist, The $10,000 Pyramid, 1977
Panelist, "The $20,000 Pyramid," The $10,000 Pyramid, 1977
Young Dorothy, "A Piece of Cake," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1987
Young Dorothy, "One for the Money," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1987
Young Dorothy, "Mother's Day," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1988
Young Dorothy, "Dateline--Miami," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1991
Meg Hennessy, "The Torrents of Greed (1)," Law & Order, 1991
Mercedes Macomber, "Alex, Then and Now," The Five Mrs. Buchanans,1994
Also appeared on various talk shows.
Television Work
Series
Executive story editor (with Richard Levine), Lush Life, Fox, 1996
Producer, Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 1999
Supervising producer, Normal, Ohio, Fox, 2000
Also producer, Family Rules; and story editor, The Crew (also known as Cabin Pressure).
WRITINGS
Television Series
The Five Mrs. Buchanans, 1994
The Crew (also known as Cabin Pressure), 1995
(With others) Lush Life, Fox, 1996
Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 1999
First Monday, CBS, 2002
Also writer for Normal, Ohio, Fox.
Plays
Adapted the stage play Sprechen sie Brecht, with Swen Swenson, produced at White Barn.

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