LYNETTE
LYNETTE BERNAY
Also Credited as Lynn Bernay and Lynne Bernay
8/18/1931 - 12/9/2008
NBC'S MATINEE THEATRE
Bettie "Journey Into Darkness" 3/26/1957 Reran 3/6/1958
THE DOCTORS Sheila Robbins "To Live or To Dive" 5/3/1963
and
Television Special
INSIDE BEVERLY HILLS Dancer 1956
movies
GUYS AND DOLLS Dancer 1955
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Girl at Strawberry Springs Dance 1956
THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT Dagda 1957
I BURY THE LIVING Elizabeth Drexel 1958
GHOST OF THE CHINA SEA Justine Woolf 1958
I MOBSTER Eve 1959
VALLEY OF THE REDWOODS Jan Spencer 1960
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Maria 1961
NIGHT OF EVIL Linda Dietrich 1962
DRIVE, HE SAID Dance Instructor 1971
STEELYARD BLUES Bar Waitress 1973
LENNY Girl in Dressing Room 1974
BROADWAY
MICHAEL TODD'S PEEP SHOW 6/28/1950 - 2/25/1951
GUYS AND DOLLS 11/24/1950 - 11/28/1953 Replacement -- Dancer/Ensemble
CAN-CAN 5/7/1953 - 6/25/1955 Replacement -- Model, Dancer, Inchworm Understudy --Model
MISTER PRESIDENT 10/20/1962 - 6/8/1963 Dancer; East Indian Team Marching; Understudy -- Leslie Henderson
READY WHEN YOU ARE, C. B. 12/7/1964 - 2/13/1965 Standby -- Annie; Fran
ME AND THEE 12/7/1965 Understudy -- Lela; Alice Carter
THEATER
HARRY, NOON AND NIGHT 1965 Prostitute Pocket Theatre NYC
MUZEEKA 1968 Evelyn Landis Provincetown Playhouse
Left acting and moved on to Costume Design/Wardrobe Department Work.
Family Ties
Sister -- Carol Schwirck
Marriage -- Ted Jordan Divorced
From the Santa Fe New Mexican Newspaper...
Lynn Bernay, 1931-2008: Friends say actress, dancer was 'larger than life'
December 13, 2008
Lynn Bernay, a dancer, actor and film costumer who had lived in Santa Fe off and on since the mid-1980s, died of brain cancer Tuesday at age 77.
Bernay, a former Hollywood insider, helped students discover writing and painting as forms of expression in a class she taught at the Santa Fe Community College with her friend Carol Cellucci. She coordinated Clothesline 2005, a fashion show presented by the Santa Fe Art Institute for the Southwest Design Conference, which drew national designers to Santa Fe.
Bernay was born and raised in New York City. In 1947, prior to graduating from high school, she began a professional dance career as a Radio City Rockette. She danced in Can Can and other musical hits on Broadway, and in the movie adaptations of Guys and Dolls and The Pajama Game.
Bernay also danced through the '50s and '60s in Singing in the Rain, and the Alan Freed series, Don't Knock the Rock, among others. She danced at the Copa Cabana and in most of the well-known TV variety shows back then including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Milton Berle Show and The Jackie Gleason Show
In an interview for a community college publication, Bernay said she was in love with Gene Kelly. "I had seen all of his movies so I ran away to Hollywood to meet him." She said she took a tour bus to the MGM lot, hid in the ladies' restroom until the bus left and then found the set where Kelly was filming Singing in the Rain. She introduced herself to him and said she wanted to dance in his movie. According to the story, he asked if she could do the Charleston. When she showed him she could, she started work the next day.
In her early 30s, she moved on to acting, playing, she said, bad girls, housewives, good girls and hookers. Looking to reinvent herself yet again, she became a production manager for her friend Jack Nicholson, which led directly to a new career as a costume supervisor and designer. Bernay designed feature films including Home Alone and Hearts of the West. She also designed TV movies in New Mexico.
"All who had the opportunity to work with her will remember Lynn as a bold, decisive, innovative and imaginative force. Her creativity, energy and zest for life made her seem, at times, larger than life," said her friend Richard Lange.
Bernay was also an accomplished painter, printmaker and mixed-media artist. Her work often addressed social and political issues and is in collections including several Hilton Hotels, Mobil Oil Corporation, Cincinnati Airport, and the Quail Run Development.
Bernay served as a volunteer teaching art to children in South Africa; she brought solace to patients at the cancer center at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center; and was a Big Sister to several young children.
"She had the mouth of a sailor, the soul of an artist, the face of an angel, the compassion of a saint, the courage of a lion, and a heart as big as the world," Lange said. "Milton Berle described her as 'one of the funniest women I know,' something her friends can attest to, as they recall rolling on the floor and convulsing with laughter at her humor."
Bernay is survived by her sister, Carol Schwirck; her brother-in-law, Steve; niece, Jessica Letson and husband Ben; grandnieces Hope and Kelly Letson.
A memorial to celebrate her life will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 21 at a location to be determined. An open house will follow at Bernay's home, 43ll Lost Feather, in the Nava Adé neighborhood.
LIBERTY PART TWO...
SARAH WILSON
GOSSIP GIRL Corinne 2009
AS THE WORLD TURNS Liberty Ciccone Snyder # 2 March - September 2010
and
AMERICAN ODYSSEY Receptionist (2 Episodes) 2015
LIMITLESS Jessamyn Eubanks (2 Episodes) 2015; 2016
movies
A LITTLE HELP Amanda 2010
SURVIVING FAMILY Terry Malone 2012
THE CATALYST Becky 2016
ONE FALL Claire 2016
BONESHAKER Selfie 2016
SERUM Lucy 2016
BECKS Mercede 2017
THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS Jennifer 2018
Upcoming
THE ANGLE OF THE WORLD TBA Post Production
THEATER
OF HUMAN BONDAGE
THE DINING ROOM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SPEED THE PLOW
OLEANNA
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
JITTERS
AWAKE AND SING!
TRAVESTIES
AS YOU LIKE IT
THREE SISTERS
BLACK COMEDY/THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
CRUEL AND TENDER
THE COSMONAUT'S LAST MESSAGE
IL GIARDINO SERVER CHAD
JAMES LEON
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Chad the Il Giardino Server March 2026
and
SEXY BEASTS James the Beaver (1) 2021
FROGGER 2021
Upcoming
STRANGE ANOMALIES Cedric TBA Completed
PodCast
ACTING LIKE AN ACTOR 2023
movies
THE RECKONING 2021
MUDCAT DeJon 2022
EXILE Francois 2022
BARBIE Lifeguard 2023
THE RESELLERS Randy 2024
THINGS LIKE THIS Ben 2025
ME VS ME Ray 2025
Upcoming
YOLA Ahari TBA Completed
QUARTER High School Sweetheart TBA Post Production
GETAWAY Max TBA Post Production
A KILLER HIGH SCHOOL REUNION Deron TBA Post Production
HARSH REALITY: SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE D. J. TBA Pre Production
Music Video
TATE MCRAE: IT'S OK, I'M OK Police Officer 2024
PHOTOGRAPHED WALLOW'S FIRST MINUTES IN OFFICE
JOHN BRANTLEY COLE, JR
Also Credited as John Cole; John Brantley Cole
2/10/???? - Present
PORT CHARLES Unknown Role Unknown Year
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Unknown Role Unknown Year
TIME OF YOUR LIFE Customer 1999
PASSIONS Hawaiian Fireman 2006
GENERAL HOSPITAL Andrew Chan 2009
Mr. ___ Kwan 2009
MISTRESSES Dr. ___ Platt 2013
GENERAL HOSPITAL Photographer (Willow, Drew & Laura) 3/2/2026
and
24 Army Corporal Robson 2007
THE CASTING COUCH 2014
BOO, BITCH! Dr. Vu 2022
OUTDATED Nathan 2023
PILOTS/PROPOSALS
THE DOCTOR Emergency Room Nurse # 3 2011
movies
THE MEET
THE MYSTERY MAN Susie 1999
THE KABUKI JOINT Trace 2003
I-SEE-YOU.COM Human Resources Executive 2006
WHAT TO DO AFTER BEING FIRED John 2006
CLASS Dr. Mana 2010 (Made for T. V.)
MONEYBALL Young Jongewaard 2011
Upcoming
POSER Salesperson TBA Filming
THEATER
DINOSAUR MOUNTAIN Marco AFT Tours
WEST SIDE STORY Chino Arkansas Repertory
WEST SIDE STORY Chino Lone Star Enterprises
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT Casey Center Stage NYC
THE DEATH ZONE Dorje The Blank Theatre Los Angeles
PINAFORE! 2007 Boss; Sailor Johnny Celebration Theatre
INTO THE WOODS Wolf; Prince Excalibur Theatre
PINAFORE! Guest Artist Kodak Theatre
HOOKING UP NICHOLAS
ZACHARY MARGULIES
Also Credited As -- Zachary Margolis
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Justin April 2026
and
LIFE'S LEMONADE Grover 2015
SLEEP TIGHT Ben (2 Episodes) 2016
SUNNY FAMILY CULT Young Roger (1 ) 2018
AMERICAN CRIME STORY Aide (2 Episodes) 2021
QUANTUM LEAP Technician (2 Episodes) 2024
PodCast
BLACKOUT Max 2021
PILOTS/PROPOSALS
GONE HOLLYWOOD Intern Isaac 2019
DISINHERITED -- Picked Up
movies
CHAPERONES
JEFF THE KILLER
3:13 THREE THIRTEEN Joey Front 2014
BOYWOOD Pool Boy # 2 2015
GO TO SLEEP Jeff 2016
SUNNY FAMILY CULT Young Roger 2017
GIRL ON THE SIDE Jason 2019
ENDLESS VIDEO Jason 2020
THEATER
MACBETH Banquo Shakespeare's Globe Education
THE HIDDEN PEOPLE Semangelof Guthrie Theatre
@DRW50 @Franko @Paul Raven @jam6242 @Bright Eyes @Brolden @robbwolff
Several DAYS Dayplayers up next, with Lloyd Bridges tomorrow or Friday -- lots of credits there!
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