As part of Xpress‘ annual Kids Issue series, we reached out to the members of Asheville City Council and the Buncombe County ...
Those friends, Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, and “Saturday Night Live” alum Laraine Newman, remembered the 78-year-old actor as a TV icon, kindhearted person and treasured member of the Groundlings ...
Lynne Stewart was truly an angel and brilliantly funny and an important part of our Groundlings family. As my sister ... The official Pee-wee Herman Facebook page also remembered the actress ...
By Sara Ruberg Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Pee-wee Herman’s perky, bouffant-wigged neighbor, Miss Yvonne, on the 1980s children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and the ...
A native of Los Angeles, Stewart began her comedy career with the renowned sketch group The Groundlings, where she met Peterson and future Pee-wee Herman star, Paul Reubens. In the early stages of ...
In 1981, she portrayed Miss Yvonne in “The Pee-wee Herman Show” and later reprised the role for the CBS children’s series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which aired from 1986 to 1990.
She also appeared in the iconic 1973 flick, “American Graffiti.” In 1981, she played Miss Yvonne in “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” and later reprised the same role in the CBS children’s spin ...
After originating the role of Miss Yvonne, The Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland, onstage in 1981’s The Pee-Wee Herman Show, she continued with the character on the CBS Saturday morning program ...