Actress Lynne Marie Stewart, absolute best recognized for her roles in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” has died. She used to be 78.
Stewart’s rep showed with Fox Information Virtual that the actress died on Friday.
“Lynne was the most talented woman who loved the craft more than the reward,” Stewart’s rep shared. “She was a comedic genius and the most honorable person I have ever known.”
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Stewart’s rep showed with Fox Information Virtual that the actress died Friday. (Michael Tullberg/Getty Pictures)
Stewart’s rep shared that the actress had simply wrapped up filming “Dink” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” She famous that she used to be “exhausted” in December upcoming taking up a number of tv tasks.
Docs moreover discovered a tumor in Stewart, as her rep instructed her family members had been all “in disbelief.”
The reason for dying is unknown.
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American actress Lynne Marie Stewart beside actor and comic Paul Reubens in CBS youngsters’s TV form ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse.’ (Brian D. McLaughlin/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Pictures)
Stewart’s good friend paid tribute to the past due actress on social media with a heartfelt picture. The buddies had been unhidden hugging and all smiles.
“My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend Lynne Stewart’s passing,” actress Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson wrote on Instagram.
“One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll always be ‘the most beautiful woman in Puppetland.’”
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Born Dec. 14, 1946, Stewart used to be raised in Los Angeles.
Stewart made her movie debut in Jack Nicholson’s 1971 movie, “Drive, He Said.”
She used to be absolute best recognized for being an actress and editor for prevalent movie and tv displays equivalent to 1987’s “The Running Man,” 1973’s “American Graffiti” and “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.”
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Stewart portrayed Pass over Yvonne in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” from 1986 to 1990, along the megastar and writer Paul Reubens. (Brian D. McLaughlin/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Pictures)
Stewart portrayed Pass over Yvonne in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” from 1986 to 1990, along the megastar and writer Paul Reubens.
She moreover labored at the alternative “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” franchises, together with “Big Top Pee-wee” in 1988.
The actress met Reubens within the Nineteen Seventies on the comedy troupe “Groundlings,” the place she used to be a member, in step with Remaining.
Alternative celebrities who paid tribute to Stewart incorporated comic Maya Rudolph. Stewart portrayed Rudolph’s mom within the 2011 comedy film “Bridesmaids.” (Maya Rudolph/Instagram/Frazer Harrison/Getty Pictures)
Stewart made a number of TV appearances on Cindy William’s iconic sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” from 1977 to 1983. She voiced Williams’ personality within the animated form “Laverne & Shirley in the Army,” and as a part of the “Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour” in 1982.
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Earlier than her dying, Stewart’s most up-to-date well-recognized function used to be in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” as Charlie Kenny’s mom, Bonnie. (Lila Seeley/Getty Pictures)
Alternative celebrities who paid tribute to Stewart incorporated comic Maya Rudolph. Stewart portrayed Rudolph’s mom within the 2011 comedy film “Bridesmaids.”
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Rudolph shared on her Instagram Tale a signed picture of Stewart dressed up as Pass over Yvonne. She added purple center emojis to her tribute.
Earlier than her dying, Stewart’s most up-to-date well-recognized function used to be in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” as Charlie Kenny’s mom, Bonnie.
