
Dorothy Lyman
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1947-04-18 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (28)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Principal Parker

Law & Order
1990
as Dorothy Carr

The Blacklist
2013
as Delaine Uhlman

Blue Bloods
2010
as Elizabeth

CSI: Miami
2002
as Vivian Kensington

FBI
2018
as Jilly Peters

Elementary
2012
as Belinda

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Norma Shey

The Nanny
1993
as Maureen Wentworth / Stewardess (uncredited)

The Practice
1997
as Dr. Diane Starger

Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Socrata Thrace

Judging Amy
1999
as Ms. Patterson

All My Children
1970
as Opal Cortlandt

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Lucia Spezzano

V.I.P.
1998
as Granny Goshen

ALF
1986
as Maura Norris

Hunter
1984
as Sgt. Carol James Meyers

Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Catherine

Reba
2001
as Helen

Mama's Family
1983
as Naomi Oates Harper

Divorce
2016
as Bridget

Hope and Gloria
1995
as Maxine

Another World
1964

Bob
1992
as Patty Fleisher

Taina
2001
as Ms. Harper

The Edge of Night
1956
A World Apart
1970

Sisters
1991
Movies (23)

The Departed
2006
as Woman at Bar #1

Blow
2001
as Judge (Chicago)

World Trade Center
2006
as Allison's Mother

I Love Trouble
1994
as Suzie

Blind
2017
as Judge

Jack the Bear
1993
as Mrs. Morris

Ruby in Paradise
1993
as Mildred Chambers

Night of the Juggler
1980
as Nurse Jenny

Camp Cucamonga
1990
as Millie Schector

Bad Hurt
2016
as Mrs. Salisbury

Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story
1994
as Dorothy

Back Fork
2019
as Susie

Dinner and Driving
1997
as Rita

Summer Fantasy
1984
as Dr. Nancy Brannigan

The People Across the Lake
1988
as Ruth Mortimer
Speechless...
2001
as Margaret Tanner

The Price for Silence
2018
as Wendy Moro

Young Goodman Brown
1993
as Sarah Good
The Northern Kingdom
2009
as Nan

Bullitt County
2018
as The Mrs.

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
as Mom

The 300-Year Weekend
1971
as Jean
Boys Will Be Boys
1994
as Mrs. Green
About Dorothy Lyman
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. With 51 credits spanning from 1956 to 2021, Dorothy Lyman has appeared in 23 films and 28 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dorothy Lyman Movies
- The Departed (2006) — as Woman at Bar #1
- Blow (2001) — as Judge (Chicago)
- World Trade Center (2006) — as Allison's Mother
- I Love Trouble (1994) — as Suzie
- Blind (2017) — as Judge
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