‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Star
Lynne Marie Stewart Lifeless at 78
Revealed February 22, 2025 9:04 AM PST
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Up to date February 22, 2025 9:51 AM PST
Lynne Marie Stewart, the actress finest identified for her roles in “American Graffiti,” “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia,” has died, TMZ has confirmed.
Bette Smith, Stewart’s supervisor tells TMZ … the actress died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at her sister’s California dwelling. In December, docs discovered a tumor between the liver and gall bladder, however Stewart felt ok to proceed to work each on Ben Stiller’s upcoming movie “The Dink” … in addition to her present, “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia.”
“She was essentially the most proficient and humorous and most honorable particular person I’ve ever identified,” Smith informed us of Stewart.
Cassandra Peterson, identified for her iconic “Elvira” character, broke the unhappy information on IG, writing … “My coronary heart is breaking upon listening to the information of my pricey buddy Lynne Stewart’s passing. One of many kindest, sweetest, funniest girls who ever lived. The enduring Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll at all times be ‘essentially the most stunning lady in Puppetland’. 💔”
We reached out to a rep for Stewart for more information … to date, no phrase again.
As Cassandra famous, Stewart performed Miss Yvonne, The Most Stunning Girl in Puppetland, on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” from 1986 to 1990 … and she or he appeared in a number of different ‘Pee-wee’ titles, together with “Pee-wee’s Massive Journey” and “Massive Prime Pee-wee.”
The actress additionally appeared within the iconic George Lucas movie “American Graffiti” and the Arnold Schwarzenegger traditional, “The Operating Man.”
Stewart’s newer fan-favorite function was as Charlie Kelly’s mom Bonnie, in “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia.”
She was 78.
RIP
