Lucy Lee (born 23 July 1943) is an American actress.
Education and early life
Flippin was born in
Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania and was raised in
Douglassville, Pennsylvania
Douglassville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amity Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Douglassville is situated along U.S. Route 422 and Pennsylvania Route 724. Developments include the Amity Gardens subdivision, the ...
. She attended
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
and spent a year performing with
Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice is an ice show currently owned by Medusa Music Group GmbH, a subsidiary of CTS EVENTIM, Europe's largest ticket distributor, with its headquarters in Bremen, Germany.
History
Holiday on Ice originated in the United States in Decem ...
before pursuing a career in acting.
Later she studied acting under
Uta Hagen
Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee, who called her "a ...
.
Career
She initially began her career in New York City where she eventually got several TV commercials and off-Broadway theatre work, most notably opposite
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with ...
in a
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 milli ...
production of ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
At the advice of her agent, she relocated to Los Angeles where she would get roles in television series and films.
She played Eliza Jane Wilder on the TV series ''
Little House on the Prairie
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''.
She also played Fran Castleberry, the younger sister of
Polly Holliday
Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937) is a retired American actress who has appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom ''Alice'', which s ...
's character on the show ''
Flo''.
After ''Little House on the Prairie'' stopped production, she appeared in many different television shows and movies, and has performed onstage at
Geffen Playhouse
The Geffen Playhouse (or the Geffen) is a not-for-profit theater company founded by Gilbert Cates in 1995. It produces plays in two theaters in Geffen Playhouse, which is owned by University of California Los Angeles. The Playhouse is located ...
in
Los Angeles
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.
She retired in 2008.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
1943 births
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
Actresses from Pennsylvania
People from Berks County, Pennsylvania
21st-century American women