Lynne Marie Stewart, the comedian actress famed for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” has died on the age of 78.
The unhappy information was introduced Friday by Stewart’s longtime buddy, actress Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, in a tribute shared to Instagram.
A reason for dying has not been disclosed.
“My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend Lynne Stewart’s passing,” Peterson wrote. “One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse.’ She’ll always be ‘the most beautiful woman in Puppetland.’”
Stewart was born in Los Angeles and acquired her begin in comedy as a member of The Groundlings, the famed improv and sketch comedy troupe based mostly in Hollywood.
It was there that she met “Pee-wee” creator Paul Reubens, and the 2 struck up a friendship.
Stewart has visitor roles on iconic sitcoms comparable to “M*A*S*H*,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “The Golden Girls,” and “Night Court.”
She additionally appeared within the iconic 1973 flick, “American Graffiti.”
In 1981, she performed Miss Yvonne in “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” and later reprised the identical position within the CBS youngsters’s spin-off “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which aired from 1986 to 1990.
She appeared in a number of different titles with Reubens, together with “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” in 1985 and “Big Top Pee-wee” in 1988.
For 18 years, from 2005 via to 2023, Stewart starred within the cult comedy present “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” enjoying Charlie Kenny’s mom, Bonnie.
Following information of Stewart’s dying, a number of different stars took to social media to pay tribute, together with Maya Rudolph, who shared a snap of the actress as Miss Yvonne from “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”
