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Lynne Griffin Biography ((?)-)

Born in Canada; daughter of James Joseph (a soccer player and fashion photographer) and Kay (an actress) Griffin; married Steven Poster (a cinematographer).

Favorite roles Cordelia in King Lear, Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, and Virgilia in Coriolanus.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Thark, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, 1979
• Cordelia, King Lear, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford,Ontario, Canada, 1980
• Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Shakespearean Festival,1981
• Virgilia, Coriolanus, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1981
• Kate, "Souvenir" in Sundays at the Itchey Foot, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Taper Too Theatre, Los Angeles, 1985
• Louisa May Alcott, Romance Language, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1986
• There's One in Every Marriage, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1987
• The Voice of the Prairie, Old Globe Theatre, 1988
• Also appeared as Saint Joan, The Lark; Nora, A Doll's House; title role, Antigone; Ophelia, Hamlet; Laura, The Glass Menagerie; Jill, Equus; Cathy, Wuthering Heights; Violet,Man and Superman; Teresa, The Hostage; Ellie Dunn, Heartbreak House.
• Film Appearances
• Clare Harrison, Black Christmas (also known as Silent Night, Evil Night and Stranger in the House), Ambassador, 1974
• Monica, Mr. Patman, Film Consortium of Canada, 1980
• Sara Kaplan, The Amateur, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Patti O'Connor, Curtains, Jensen Farley, 1983
• Pam Elsinore, Strange Brew (also known as The Adventures of Bob& Doug McKenzie), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• Waitress, The Heavenly Kid, Orion, 1985
• Karen Hughes, Obsessed (also known as Hitting Home), Astral/New Star, 1988
• Emilia, True Identity, 1991
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Callie Cramp, Wind at My Back, 1997-
• Alice, Riverdale, 1997
• Also appeared as host, Drop In, Canadian television.
• Movies
• Clinic receptionist,... First Do No Harm, ABC, 1997
• Nurse Beatrice, A Touch of Hope, NBC, 1998
• Miniseries
• Candice Alexander, I'll Take Manhattan, CBS, 1987
• Mrs. Kingsbury, Storm of the Century (also known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century), ABC, 1999
• Specials
• The Magic of David Copperfield, CBS, 1983
• Vicki Atkin, The Second Time Around, ABC, 1985
• Melba, "It Takes Two," Comedy Factory, ABC, 1985
• Aunt Nora, Dear America: So Far from Home (also known as Dear America O5 and Dear America: So Far From Home: The Story of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847, 1999
• Harlan County War, HBO, 1999
• Episodic
• Laura Bailey, "Heritage," The Littlest Hobo, 1979
• Amanda Burke, "The Second Seal," War of the Worlds, 1988
• Karina Shaw, "Remembering Rosemary," Picket Fences, CBS, 1992
• Janice Bowman, "From Hare to Eternity," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
• Voice, Noddy, PBS, 1998