Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 10, 1933
Place of Birth:
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Lynn Cohen
Biography
Lynn Harriette Cohen (née Kay; August 10, 1933 – February 14, 2020) was an American actress known for her roles in film, television and theater.
She was particularly known for her role as Magda in the HBO series Sex and the City, which she also played in the 2008 film of the same name and its 2010 sequel, as well as for portraying Mags in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mrs. Litvak in The Vigil.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Castles in the Sky | Malkeh |
| 2022 | Wherefore Art Thou | Juliet (80's) |
| 2020 | Lingua Franca | Olga |
| 2020 | The Vigil | Mrs. Litvak |
| 2020 | I Can Change | Widow Emerson |
| 2020 | Write Me | Frida |
| 2019 | After Class | Agatha |
| 2019 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Nonnie |
| 2019 | The World Without You | Gretchen |
| 2019 | I Am a Seagull | Lynn / Aged Nina |
| 2018 | Tooth and Nail | Elaine |
| 2018 | 7 Splinters in Time | Babs |
| 2018 | Olympia | Herself |
| 2017 | Sollers Point | Ladybug |
| 2017 | Walden: Life in The Woods | Alice |
| 2017 | Oma | Ethel Mueller |
| 2017 | Benji the Dove | Miss O'Dell |
| 2016 | The Pickle Recipe | Rose |
| 2016 | All in Time | Mrs. Johnson |
| 2016 | Beautiful Dreamer | Elderly Amy |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Bubby |
| 2014 | Gabriel | Nonny |
| 2014 | The Cobbler | Sarah Simkin |
| 2014 | Floating Sunflowers | Old Lady |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Mags |
| 2013 | Bottled Up | |
| 2013 | 37 | Florel Bernstein |
| 2013 | A Case of You | Harriet |
| 2012 | Art Machine | Roberta |
| 2012 | Not Waving but Drowning | Sylvia |
| 2012 | The Romance of Loneliness | Mina |
| 2011 | Shakespeare in the Present | |
| 2011 | Somewhere Tonight | Mrs. Pecorino |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Magda |
| 2010 | The Extra Man | Lois Huber |
| 2010 | A Little Help | Mrs. Cosolito |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Magda |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | Mrs. Wierzbowski |
| 2008 | Eavesdrop | May |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Caden's Mother |
| 2008 | Deception | Woman |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Trudy Epner |
| 2007 | Across the Universe | Grandmother Carrigan |
| 2007 | The Life Before Her Eyes | Sister Beatrice |
| 2007 | The Hottest State | Harris's Mother |
| 2006 | Invincible | Mrs. Spegnetti |
| 2005 | Munich | Golda Meir |
| 2005 | While the Widow Is Away | The Widow |
| 2004 | Evergreen | Grandmother |
| 2003 | The Station Agent | Patty at the Good to Go |
| 2002 | The Jimmy Show | Ruth |
| 2000 | Fast Food Fast Women | Jesse |
| 1999 | Just One Time | Sophia |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Silvano - Mama |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Janet's Mom |
| 1997 | Once We Were Strangers | |
| 1996 | Walking and Talking | Andrew's Mom |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Hotel Earle Concierge |
| 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street | Maman |
| 1994 | The Counterfeit Contessa | Angie Nardino |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Lilian House |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Receptionist |
| 1991 | Angry | Mother |
| 1989 | Łódź Ghetto | (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Rose |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Rose Wechsler |
| 2015 | Master of None | Carol |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mina Cohen |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Anna Ansel |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Art Teacher |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rosa Doletti |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Magda |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Elizabeth Mizener |