Lynn Cohen

ActorCrewProduction Aug 10 (died age 86) Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1989–2023 (34 year career)

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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

Film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Mags Flanagan

Film

Munich

Golda Meir

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Caden's Mother

Film

Eagle Eye

Mrs. Wierzbowski

Film

Across the Universe

Grandmother Carrigan

Film

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Lilian House

Film

Sex and the City

Magda

Film

Deconstructing Harry

Janet's Mom

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (67)

Castles in the Sky

2023

as Malkeh

Wherefore Art Thou

2022

as Juliet (80's)

The Vigil

as Mrs. Litvak

Lingua Franca

as Olga

I Can Change

as Widow Emerson

Write Me

2020

as Frida

Emma Without Edmund

2020

as Emma

The World Without You

2019

as Gretchen

1.0

Feast of the Seven Fishes

as Nonnie

After Class

as Agatha

I Am a Seagull

as Lynn / Aged Nina

Olympia

as Herself

7 Splinters in Time

as Babs

Tooth and Nail

as Elaine

Oma

2017

as Ethel Mueller

Sollers Point

as Ladybug

Benji the Dove

as Miss O'Dell

Walden: Life in The Woods

as Alice

Beautiful Dreamer

as Elderly Amy

All in Time

as Mrs. Johnson

The Pickle Recipe

as Rose

Gabriel

as Nonny

The Cobbler

as Sarah Simkin

They Came Together

as Bubby

Floating Sunflowers

as Old Lady

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Mags Flanagan

Bottled Up

A Case of You

as Harriet

as Florel Bernstein

Art Machine

as Roberta

Not Waving but Drowning

2012

as Sylvia

6.1

The Romance of Loneliness

as Mina

Somewhere Tonight

as Mrs. Pecorino

Shakespeare in the Present

A Little Help

as Mrs. Cosolito

Sex and the City 2

as Magda

The Extra Man

as Lois Huber

Hello Lonesome

as Eleanor

Everybody's Fine

as Old Woman on First Train

Eagle Eye

as Mrs. Wierzbowski

Sex and the City

as Magda

Synecdoche, New York

as Caden's Mother

Deception

as Woman

Eavesdrop

as May

Across the Universe

as Grandmother Carrigan

7.1

Then She Found Me

2007

as Trudy Epner

5.6

The Life Before Her Eyes

as Sister Beatrice

The Hottest State

as Harris's Mother

Invincible

as Mrs. Spegnetti

Munich

as Golda Meir

While the Widow Is Away

2005

as The Widow

Evergreen

2004

as Grandmother

3.3

The Station Agent

2003

as Patty at the Good to Go

The Jimmy Show

as Ruth

Fast Food Fast Women

as Jesse

Just One Time

as Sophia

Cradle Will Rock

as Silvano - Mama

Deconstructing Harry

as Janet's Mom

Once We Were Strangers

Walking and Talking

as Andrew's Mom

I Shot Andy Warhol

as Hotel Earle Concierge

6.1

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994

as Maman

6.5

The Counterfeit Contessa

1994

as Angie Nardino

5.6

Manhattan Murder Mystery

1993

as Lilian House

7.3

Angry

1991

as Mother

Golden Years

1991

as Receptionist

5.7

Łódź Ghetto

1989

as (voice)

Television (11)

God Friended Me

as Rose

Chicago Med

as Rose Wechsler

Master of None

as Carol

The Affair

as Joan Bailey

Getting On

as Mrs. Carmaglia

Nurse Jackie

as Mrs. Zimberg

Damages

as Stefania McKee

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Mina Cohen

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Art Teacher

Sex and the City

as Magda

Law & Order

as Elizabeth Mizener

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Castles in the Sky

2023

In Memory Of

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

Line Producer

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