Lynne Lipton is an American film, stage, television and voice
actress.She provided the voices of all female characters on the
popular s animated series ThunderCats, until the second season, when
Gerrianne Raphael joined the cast voicing Pumyra. Among the many roles
Lipton performed in the show, she voiced Luna of the Lunatacs; Willa,
Queen of the Warrior Maidens; the Female Unicorn Guardian; Wilykit;
Mandora; and, most importantly, Cheetara (a role she later reprised
for an episode of Family Guy).She was in the Second City company in
Chicago in the -, and The Committee in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
She made her Broadway debut standing by for Bernadette Peters in the
ill-fated musical of the classic La Strada, choreographed by Alvin
Ailey and directed by Alan Schneider. It lasted one performance. Her
Broadway credits include the original production of David Rabe's Boom
Boom Room at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont, performing the matinees
for Madeline Kahn, and Sherlock Holmes with the Royal Shakespeare
Company. She won several Cleo awards for her voiceover and animation
work.In the mid-s, Ad Age dubbed her the Meryl Streep of the
microphone. For two seasons in the early-s, she appeared on the David
Frost Review, with fellow actors Cleavon Little, Marcia Rodd, Jack
Gilford. She was originally hired for the role of Mrs. Houseman in the
film Dirty Dancing, but became ill and was forced to leave the film.
The role went to Kelly Bishop.
actress.She provided the voices of all female characters on the
popular s animated series ThunderCats, until the second season, when
Gerrianne Raphael joined the cast voicing Pumyra. Among the many roles
Lipton performed in the show, she voiced Luna of the Lunatacs; Willa,
Queen of the Warrior Maidens; the Female Unicorn Guardian; Wilykit;
Mandora; and, most importantly, Cheetara (a role she later reprised
for an episode of Family Guy).She was in the Second City company in
Chicago in the -, and The Committee in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
She made her Broadway debut standing by for Bernadette Peters in the
ill-fated musical of the classic La Strada, choreographed by Alvin
Ailey and directed by Alan Schneider. It lasted one performance. Her
Broadway credits include the original production of David Rabe's Boom
Boom Room at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont, performing the matinees
for Madeline Kahn, and Sherlock Holmes with the Royal Shakespeare
Company. She won several Cleo awards for her voiceover and animation
work.In the mid-s, Ad Age dubbed her the Meryl Streep of the
microphone. For two seasons in the early-s, she appeared on the David
Frost Review, with fellow actors Cleavon Little, Marcia Rodd, Jack
Gilford. She was originally hired for the role of Mrs. Houseman in the
film Dirty Dancing, but became ill and was forced to leave the film.
The role went to Kelly Bishop.
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