# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynne-thigpen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:06:23.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynne-thigpen"
name: "Lynne Thigpen"
slug: "lynne-thigpen"
description: "Cherlynne Theresa Thigpen was an American actress of stage and screen. She was known for her role as the Chief of ACME Crimenet in the game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and various spinoffs, and for her role as Luna the Moon in the Playhouse Disney children's series Bear in the Big Blue House. For her varied television work, Thigpen was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards. She won a Tony Award in 1997 for portraying Dr. Judith Kaufman in An American Daughter, and also played Ella Farmer on The District (2000–2003). Thigpen first gained attention for her role in the 1971 off-Broadway musical Godspell. Thigpen's character is named Lynne, and she sang \"O Bless the Lord, My Soul\" in the musical. Thigpen reprised her role as Lynne in the 1973 film adaptation, which she starred in alongside David Haskell and Victor Garber."
tagline: "American actress (1948–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/LynneThigpen.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-12-22"
deathDate: "2003-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.94
  momentum:             15
  historical:           19.190452
  currentAttention:     2.8
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858106/"
    handle:    "nm0858106"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump