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Lynne Adams

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Lynne Adams
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, radio scriptwriter
RelativesBrooke Adams (sister)
Tony Shalhoub (brother-in-law)

Lynne Adams is an American actress and writer.

Adams played the role of Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer from 1966 to 1971 and again from August 1973 to June 1976 on The Guiding Light. She was the second generation in her family to act on the program; both her parents had roles in the radio incarnation in the 1940s. She also appeared on The Secret Storm in the role of Amy Kincaid from September 1971 to May 1973.

Adams has written and produced a number of stage productions, including Two Faced, upon which the feature film Made-Up was based. Adams wrote and produced Made-Up, co-starring her younger sister and brother-in-law, Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub, as well as Eva Amurri, Gary Sinise and Lance Krall.[1]

Personal life

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Adams is the daughter of Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, a producer, actor (noted for his appearances on The Goldbergs and Your Family and Mine), and former vice president of CBS, as well as a descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.[2] She is the older sister of actress Brooke Adams.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role
1996 Grace of My Heart Kindly Nurse
2002 Made-Up Kate James
2012 A Deadly Obsession Alice Hollander
2014 Betrayed Kathy
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1966–71,
1973–76
The Guiding Light Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer, R.N. #1
1971–73 The Secret Storm Amy Ames Britton Kincaid #4
1994 Frasier Nurse episode "Burying a Grudge"

References

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  1. ^ Thomas, Kevin (February 6, 2004). "'Made-Up' doesn't stop at skin deep". Los Angeles Times. p. E 14. Retrieved March 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Robert K. Adams, 72, a Producer Of Television and Theater Shows". The New York Times. February 16, 1981.
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