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2006 ELOISE STARZ

Broadcasts begin October 8, 2006

2001 MY SISTER'S KEEPER Hallmark Hall of Fame
CBS
Screenplay by Susan Tarr, based on the book by Margeret Moorman.
Director: Ron Laomasino
Co-starring: Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins
2000 A SEASON FOR MIRACLES Hallmark Hall of Fame
CBS
Costarring: Carla Gugino, Faith Prince, Patty Duke, and Kathy Baker
1999 DIFFERENT For Lifetime Television
Co-starring: Annabeth Gish
1998 RUDE AWAKENING
DIRECTOR: Alan Myerson
ROLE: Trudy Frank
Co-starring: Sherilynn Fenn, Jonathan Penner, Rain Pryor


1998 WHITE LIES
Dennis Foon

DIRECTOR: Kari Skogland
ROLE: Mrs. K.
Co-starring: Sarah Polley, Tanya Allen

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1997 THE TRUTH ABOUT EDWARD BRANNIGAN
Joe Cacaci
COMPANY: CBS
DIRECTOR: Brian Dennehy
Co-starring: Brian Dennehy, Reed Diamond, Alice Krige
About a wealthy and revered attorney accused of rape.


1997 TOOTHLESS
Mark S. Kauffman
COMPANY: ABC
PRODUCER: Disney
DIRECTOR: Melanie Mayron
ROLE: Rogers
Co-starring: Kirstie Alley, Caryl "Chill" Mitchell, Ross Mallinger, Dale Midkiff


1993 CALLING THE SHOTS
Laura Lamson
COMPANY: BBC
DIRECTOR: Ross Devenish
ROLE: Maggie Donnelly
Co-starring: Kelly Clark, Jack Shepherd
PBS Masterpiece Theatre in April 1993; Lynn plays a tormented TV reporter who things she's going to escape frightening phone calls when she baby-sits for her grandchild.


1992 SILENT MOUSE
Childrens' television Christmas Special, which is shown worldwide every year. Filmed in Prague.


1991 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
David Greene
DIRECTOR: Henry Farrell
ROLE: Jane Hudson
Co-starring: Vanessa Redgrave, John Glover, Samantha Jordan
Lynn and Vanessa starred in the roles made famous by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford respectively.


1990 JURY DUTY: THE COMEDY
Rob Gilmer
COMPANY: ABC
ROLE: Abby Grayhouwsky
Co-starring: Alan Thicke, Heather Locklear, Bronson Pinchot, Stephen Baldwin, and Barbara Bossom


1989 IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
COMPANY: PBS
Lynn hosted this entertainment for President and Mrs. George Bush in the East Room of the White House, televised nationally on PBS. As well as hosting, she participated in staged readings from American Mosaic, containing the writings and memories of past immigrants to this country with Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, and also sang Rogers & Hart's I've Gotta Get Back To New York. Among her guests appearing in concert were Teresa Stratas, Ray Price, Benny Carter, Dick Hyman, and Milt Hinton.


1989 CHICKEN SOUP
COMPANY: ABC Television
PRODUCER: ABC and the Carsey-Werner Company
ROLE: Maddie Peerce
Co-starring: Jackie Mason
The highest rated TV series ever to be cancelled. Lynn played Jackie Mason's next door neighbor and "lady friend," Maddie Peerce


1989 TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
William Shakespeare
COMPANY: CBS
DIRECTOR: Lawrence Carra
ROLE: Cleopatra
Co-starring: Timothy Dalton, John Carradine, Anthony Geary


1988 THE OLD RELIABLE
P. G. Wodehouse
Co-starring: Rosemary Harris
Started off the 'Tales from the Hollywood Hills II' television series on PBS stations in November 1988, and one year later in Great Britain.


1988 A WOMAN ALONE
Dario Fo
PRODUCER: BBC
Solo performance


1988 DEATH OF A SON
Tony Marchant
DIRECTOR: Ross Devenish
ROLE: Pauline Williams
"Best Television Actress of the Year" award by British viewers
Co-starring: Malcom Storry, Jay Simpson


1987 WALKING ON AIR
Ray Bradbury
COMPANY: PBS
Emmy Nomination
PBS Wonderworks 1987 series


1986 MY TWO LOVES
COMPANY: ABC
DIRECTOR: Noel Black
Co-starring: Mariette Hartley
ABC Sunday Night Movie


1985 THE BAD SEED
Maxwell Anderson
COMPANY: ABC
DIRECTOR: Paul Wendkos
ROLE: Monica Breedlove
Co-starring: Blair Brown, Chad Allen, David Carradine, Richard Kiley


1984 MURDER SHE WROTE


1984 THE FAINT-HEARTED FEMINIST
Jill Tweedie
PRODUCER: BBC/Arts & Entertainment Channel
Series


1983 REHEARSAL FOR MURDER
COMPANY: CBS Television
Co-starring: Robert Preston, Larry Pressman


1983 HOTEL


1982 THE SHOOTING
COMPANY: CBS
Emmy Nomination
Co-starring: Lance Kerwin
The CBS Afternoon Playhouse


1982 TEACHERS ONLY
PRODUCER: NBC
ROLE: Diane Swanson
Co-starring: Norman Fell and Tim Reid
Series introduced Michael J. Fox and Jean Smart


1981 HOUSE CALLS
COMPANY: CBS
PRODUCER: CBS
Emmy (Nomination)
Co-starring: Wayne Rogers and David Wayne
Series


1980 GAUGUIN THE SAVAGE
COMPANY: CBS Television
Co-starring: David Carradine


1979 THE SEDUCTION OF MISS LEONA
Co-starring: Brian Dennehy


1979 BEGGARMAN, THIEF
COMPANY: NBC


1978 CENTENNIAL
COMPANY: NBC


1975 DAFT AS A BRUSH
Co-starring: Jonathan Pryce


1973 THE TURN OF THE SCREW


1972 HELLZAPOPPIN'
Olsen and Johnson
COMPANY: ABC Television
Co-starring: Jerry Lewis, Jack Cassidy
A revival of the 1938 Vaudeville show.


1972 VIENNA 1900
Schnitzler
Co-starring: Robert Stephens


1971 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1971)
William Shakespeare
Co-starring: Eileen Atkins and Edward Fox


1968 EGG ON THE FACE OF THE TIGER
Hugh Leonard


1967 WHAT'S WRONG WITH HUMPTY DUMPTY?
Co-starring: John Clark


1966 PRETTY POLLY
Noel Coward


1965 SUNDAY OUT OF SEASON
Co-starring: Ian McKellen


PYGMALION
George Bernard Shaw
ROLE: Eliza Doolittle


LOVE BOAT


ONE SECOND BEFORE SUNRISE
Documentary series designed to illuminate themes on ecology, filming worldwide for the non-profit Horizon Communications organization. This continuing series, made under foreign co-production arrangements, is shown in many different languages


FANTASY ISLAND


THE WEIGHT WATCHERS MAGAZINE SHOW


NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
COMPANY: NBC
Co-host


THE VERTICAL ENVIRONMENT
COMPANY: PBS
Lynn introduce this show describing the life, habitat, and meaning for man of Birds of Prey that live and hunt from the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River.