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Lynn Cohen

Highest Rated: 94% Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Lowest Rated: 10% Deception (2008)

Birthday: Aug 10, 1933

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Veteran actress Lynn Cohen established a successful career playing a string of supporting roles on both television and in films, often as a caring mother or an old-fashioned housekeeper. Early in her career, she had minor parts in films like "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993) and Deconstructing Harry" (1997), before she went on to guest star on popular crime dramas such as "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005). Cohen's most memorable role was on the hit series "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004), as America's favorite judgmental housekeeper Magda to Cynthia Nixon's straight-shooting lawyer Miranda Hobbes. The role gave Cohen mainstream appeal, and paved the way for more high-profile projects like the action-adventure "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013) for her to prove her range and enduring dedication to her craft.

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Highest rated movies

94% 83% Manhattan Murder Mystery
Watchlist 90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Watchlist 90% 55% The Vigil Watchlist
89% 79% Vanya on 42nd Street
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88% 80% Gabriel
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88% 70% Walking and Talking
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88% 78% Hurricane
Watchlist 87% 51% Lingua Franca Watchlist
83% 94% Olympia
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71% 59% Hello Lonesome
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Lynn Cohen

Lynn Cohen THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, from left: Lynn Cohen, Sam Claflin, 2013. ph: Murray Close/©Lionsgate SEX AND THE CITY 2, from left: Cynthia Nixon, David Eigenberg, Lynn Cohen, 2010. ph: Craig Blankenhorn/©Warner Bros EAGLE EYE, from left: Lynn Cohen, Shia LaBeouf, 2008. ©DreamWorks SKG MUNICH, Moshe Ivgy, Ami Weinberg, Lynn Cohen, 2005, (c) Universal MUNICH, director Steven Spielberg, Lynn Cohen on set, 2005, (c) Universal HELLO LONESOME, l-r: Lynn Cohen, James Urbaniak, 2010, ©Film Movement THEN SHE FOUND ME, Lynn Cohen (left), Helen Hunt (center), Matthew Broderick (far right), 2007. ©ThinkFilm MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen, 1993 VANYA ON 42ND STREET, front from left: Julianne Moore, Lynn Cohen, rear from left: Wallace Shawn, George Gaynes, 1994, © Sony Pictures classics View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
90% 55% The Vigil Mrs. Litvak (Character) $50.3K 2019
No Score Yet 100% The World Without You Gretchen (Character) - 2019
87% 51% Lingua Franca Olga (Character) - 2019
83% 94% Olympia Self - 2018
No Score Yet 42% 7 Splinters in Time Babs (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walden: Life in the Woods Alice (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Benji the Dove Miss O'Dell (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oma Unknown (Character) - 2017
36% 88% The Pickle Recipe Rose (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 80% All in Time Mrs. Joshman (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Floating Sunflowers Old Lady (Character) - 2014
88% 80% Gabriel Nonny (Character) $2.1K 2014
10% 36% The Cobbler Sarah Simkin (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chasing Taste Murial (Character) - 2013
33% 40% Bottled Up Gladys (Character) - 2013
90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Mags (Character) - 2013
47% 26% A Case of You Harriet (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 58% Not Waving But Drowning Sylvia (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 44% Art Machine Roberta (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Romance of Loneliness Mina (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 50% Somewhere Tonight Mrs. Pecorino (Character) - 2011
71% 59% Hello Lonesome Eleanor (Character) - 2010
40% 30% A Little Help Mrs. Cosolito (Character) $85.8K 2010
41% 37% The Extra Man Lois (Character) $453.1K 2010
16% 43% Sex and the City 2 Magda (Character) $95.3M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Kindergarten Shuffle Lynn (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Open Air Dreena (Character) - 2009
25% 28% Staten Island Dr. Leikovic (Character) - 2009
27% 62% Eagle Eye Mrs. Wierzbowski (Character) $101.1M 2008
50% 77% Sex and the City Magda (Character) $152.6M 2008
10% 31% Deception Woman (Character) $4.6M 2008
50% 43% Then She Found Me April's mother (Character) $3.7M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet While the Widow Is Away The Widow (Character) - 2005
43% 30% Evergreen Grandmom (Character) $1.6K 2004
40% 38% The Jimmy Show Ruth (Character) $703 2002
47% 75% Fast Food, Fast Women Jesse (Character) $193.5K 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Meschugge David's Mother (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Once We Were Strangers Natasha (Character) - 1998
88% 78% Hurricane Lucy (Character) $334.0K 1997
88% 70% Walking and Talking Andrew's Mom (Character) $1.3M 1996
89% 79% Vanya on 42nd Street Maman (Character) $501.5K 1994
94% 83% Manhattan Murder Mystery Lillian House (Character) $10.5M 1993

TV

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59% 87% God Friended Me Rose (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Mrs. Costello (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 75% Chicago Med Rose Wechsler (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 75% Deadbeat Edith Jane (Character) 2015
81% 88% Nurse Jackie Mrs. Zimberger (Guest Star) 2009 2012
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rosa Donetti (Guest Star) 2003 2010
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 1996 1998 2000 2003-2004 2006
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2001 2005
70% 80% Sex and the City Pat (Guest Star) 2000 2002-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul Man Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cosby Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
83% 95% NYPD Blue Margaret McClurg (Guest Star) 1997