District 's Lynne Thigpen dies
By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/14/2003 3:00:00 AM
Lynne Thigpen, who played computer expert Ella Farmer on CBS drama The District, passed away suddenly late Wednesday night in Los Angeles. She was 54.
Production on The District has been suspended.
Thigpen -- who garnered a Tony Award (An American Daughter), two Obie Awards (Jar the Floor and Boesman and Lena) and a Los Angeles Critics Award (Fences) for her stage performances -- brought her talents to television on such series as Law & Order, L.A. Law and Thirtysomething. But younger viewers may best remember her as the chief on PBS' colorful tween programs, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
"We are all in shock and in mourning," said John Wirth, executive producer of The District. "The beauty, compassion and talent that you saw on the screen was not just superb acting. It was the very essence of this wonderful woman. We will miss her terribly."
Thigpen's other television credits include Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations Night Ride Home and The Boys Next Door, among others.
She was also in feature films The Insider, Shaft, Lean on Me, Tootsie and the forthcoming Anger Management with Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler.
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