Lynn Milgrim

Milgrim was born on March 17, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news|last=Berkvist|first=Robert|date=1977-02-25|title=New Face (Published 1977)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/25/archives/new-jersey-weekly-new-face-otherwise-adorable.html|access-date=2021-02-05|issn=0362-4331}} She graduated from Swarthmore{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Martin Jr. |title=Three's 'Company' For Family On Tour With Neil Simon Play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/170968832/ |access-date=April 23, 2025 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=February 10, 1985 |page=F 3|via = Newspapers.com }} and received her master's degree in elementary education from Harvard in 1965.{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Earl |title=Lynn Milgrim Likes Comedy Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-lynn-milgrim/170969935/ |access-date=April 23, 2025 |work=Tulsa World |date=June 29, 1979 |page=C 19|via = Newspapers.com }} While she taught sixth grade in Arlington, Massachusetts, she worked nights at Loeb Drama Center.{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Cynthia |title=After 6 Years: $80 per Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-lynn-milgrim/170972960/ |access-date=April 23, 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |date=April 14, 1971 |page=5 BR|via = Newspapers.com }}

=== Stage roles ===

Broadway roles include: Bedroom Farce as Jan,{{Cite web|title=Lynn Milgrim – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lynn-milgrim-91266|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.ibdb.com}} Otherwise Engaged as Davina, and Charley's Aunt as Amy Spettigue.

Other stage roles include: What Would Jeanne Moreau Do? by Elinor Jones;{{Cite news|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=1982-03-20|title=STAGE: 'JEANNE MOREAU' (Published 1982)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/20/theater/stage-jeanne-moreau.html|access-date=2021-02-05|issn=0362-4331}} WIN/LOSE/DRAW at the Provincetown Playhouse, with The New York Times calling her a "delightful actress";{{Cite news|last=Rich|first=Frank|date=1983-04-26|title=STAGE: THREE TALES TOLD (Published 1983)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/26/theater/stage-three-tales-told.html|access-date=2021-02-05|issn=0362-4331}} Lynne Meadows's Close of Play; playing Helena (Staff) in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer's Night Dream at the Actors Theatre of Louisville; playing Celimene in Moliere's play The Misanthrope in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production at the Adams Memorial Theatre Main Stage at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts with Emery Battis; as Mrs. Yang in Bertolt Brecht's play The Good Woman of Setzuan, also at Williams College; as Geraldine Barclay in Joe Orton's play What The Butler Saw, also at Williams College; and playing the mother-in-law in the Bertolt Brecht play The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California; and many more.{{Cite web|title=The New York Times - Search|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=%22Lynn+Milgrim%22|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en}}

More recent productions include: Samuel D. Hunter's Rest and Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley,{{Cite web|title=Press information and photos for OUTSIDE MULLINGAR|url=https://www.scr.org/press-room/press-photos/press-19-20-season/press-photos---outside-mullingar|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.scr.org}} both also at South Coast Repertory;{{cite web|last=McNulty|first=Charles |date=2014-04-07|title=Poignancy and quirkiness invigorate 'Rest' at South Coast Rep|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2014-apr-07-la-et-cm-rest-review-20140408-story.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|date=2014-04-10|title=Rest: Theater Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rest-theater-review-695321|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}} a revival of Joseph Kesserling’s 1941 Broadway classic Arsenic And Old Lace at La Mirada Theatre in Los Angeles;{{Cite web|date=2020-01-26|title=ARSENIC AND OLD LACE|url=https://stagescenela.com/2020/01/arsenic-and-old-lace-3/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=StageSceneLA|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=Theater: The Last Ship' founders, while 'Arsenic and Old Lace' rescues itself|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2020/01/28/theater-the-last-ship-founders-while-arsenic-and-old-lace-rescues-itself|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Daily News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-10-16|title=La Mirada theater producer says he's hopeful he can put on plays next year despite coronavirus|url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2020/10/15/la-mirada-theater-producer-says-hes-hopeful-he-can-put-on-plays-next-year-despite-coronavirus|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Whittier Daily News|language=en-US}} Christine Deitne's Diana of Dobson's;{{Cite web|date=2019-04-25|title="Diana of Dobson's" at Antaeus Theatre Company|url=https://thetheatretimes.com/diana-of-dobsons-at-antaeus-theatre-company/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Theatre Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Gordon|first=Eric A.|date=2019-04-24|title='Diana of Dobson's': A 1908 British romantic comedy defies oppressive women's roles|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/diana-of-dobsons-a-1908-british-romantic-comedy-defies-oppressive-womens-roles/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=People's World|language=en-US}} Eastern Standard at the Coast Playhouse;{{Cite web|date=1990-05-24|title=STAGE REVIEW : 'Standard' a Skillful Balance of Genre, Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-24-ca-550-story.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion at the Pasadena Playhouse, with her performance called "excellent";{{Cite web|title=Pygmalion {{!}} TheaterMania|url=https://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/reviews/pygmalion-pasadena-playhouse-review_72370.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.theatermania.com|language=en-US}} Hedda Gabler;{{Cite web|date=2016-06-10|title=Theater review: 'Hedda Gabler' reveals many personalities at Antaeus Theatre Company|url=https://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20160610/theater-review-hedda-gabler-reveals-many-personalities-at-antaeus-theatre-company|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Daily News|language=en-US}} and A Doll's House, Part 2.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-17|title='Doll's House, Part 2' opens up a marital can of worms|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/17/dolls-house-part-2-opens-up-a-marital-can-of-worms/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-16|title=Review: Ibsen's radical 1879 play about women's equality gets a 2017 sequel: Lucas Hnath's 'A Doll's House, Part 2'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-dolls-house-part-2-review-20170416-story.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

She has had recurring roles and made guest appearances on major TV shows such as The 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

Her film credits include Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983), two Cybill Shepherd movies (Telling Secrets (1993) (TV) and Baby Brokers (1994)

She is married to fellow actor H. Richard Greene, and they have a daughter. The two had recurring roles as Jim and Evelyn Cooper, Winnie Cooper's parents, on The Wonder Years.

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