Name Lynda Myles | ||
Lynda Myles (born July 22, 1939) is a television writer, an actress, playwright, memoirist, and short fiction writer.
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Actress
Myles made her Broadway debut in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite with Maureen Stapleton and George C. Scott.
As an actress, Ms. Myles was featured as George Washington's friend Sally Fairfax in the David L. Wolper TV drama The World Turned Upside Down opposite her first husband Jan Leighton, the celebrated historical impersonator.
Writer
Her first play Wives was selected for the prestigious Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in 1979 and was performed at Theatre Row (New York City).
Her short story A Lucky Man was featured in the inaugural issue of The Creative Writer, the book series from J.D. Vine Publications. As a playwright, her play Thirteen has been performed in New York and at the ACT Theatre in Seattle.
Myles has written for General Hospital, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Loving, and One Life to Live.
Myles and is an editor and contributor to TheMemoirGroup.com.
Personal life
Myles was married to actor Jan Leighton. They had a daughter, Hallie Leighton.