Person
Dorothy Lyman
Acting · Born 1947-04-18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Dorothy Lyman is an American television actress, director, and producer. She is most known for her work as Gwen Frame on Another World, on All My Children as the original Opal Sue Gardner, as Rebecca Whitmore on Generations, and on the sitcom Mama's Family as Naomi Harper.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Principal Parker
Law & Order
Dorothy Carr
The Blacklist
Delaine Uhlman
CSI: Miami
Vivian Kensington
FBI
Jilly Peters
Blue Bloods
Elizabeth
Elementary
Belinda
All My Children
Opal Cortlandt
Murder, She Wrote
Norma Shey
The Nanny
Maureen Wentworth
Filmography
- 2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeLucia Spezzano
- 2019Back ForkSusie
- 2018Bullitt CountyThe Mrs.
- 2018The Price for SilenceWendy Moro
- 2018FBIJilly Peters
- 2017BlindJudge
- 2016DivorceBridget
- 2016Bad HurtMrs. Salisbury
- 2013The BlacklistDelaine Uhlman
- 2012ElementaryBelinda
- 2010Blue BloodsElizabeth
- 2009The Northern KingdomNan
- 2009Split EndsDirector
- 2006The DepartedWoman at Bar #1
- 2006World Trade CenterAllison's Mother
- 2004Battlestar GalacticaSocrata Thrace
- 2002CSI: MiamiVivian Kensington
- 2001Speechless...Margaret Tanner
- 2001RebaHelen
- 2001BlowJudge (Chicago)
- 2001TainaMs. Harper
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPrincipal Parker
- 1999Judging AmyMs. Patterson
- 1999PayneDirector
- 1998V.I.P.Granny Goshen
- 1997The PracticeDr. Diane Starger
- 1997Dinner and DrivingRita
- 1995Hope and GloriaMaxine
- 1994Boys Will Be BoysMrs. Green
- 1994I Love TroubleSuzie
- 1994Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers StoryDorothy
- 1993The NannyMaureen Wentworth
- 1993Ruby in ParadiseMildred Chambers
- 1993Young Goodman BrownSarah Good
- 1993Jack the BearMrs. Morris
- 1992BobPatty Fleisher
- 1991Sisters
- 1990Camp CucamongaMillie Schector
- 1990Law & OrderDorothy Carr
- 1988The People Across the LakeRuth Mortimer
- 1988Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of BlissMom
- 1986ALFMaura Norris
- 1984Murder, She WroteNorma Shey
- 1984Tales from the DarksideCatherine
- 1984HunterSgt. Carol James Meyers
- 1984Summer FantasyDr. Nancy Brannigan
- 1983Mama's FamilyNaomi Oates Harper
- 1982American PlayhouseMom
- 1980Night of the JugglerNurse Jenny
- 1971The 300-Year WeekendJean
- 1970A World Apart
- 1970All My ChildrenOpal Cortlandt
- 1964Another World
- 1956The Edge of Night
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