{{short description|American actress}} {{for|the Welsh footballer|Lyn Thomas (footballer)}} {{Infobox person | name = Lyn Thomas | image = Lyn Thomas photo.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Jacqueline Thomas | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|2}} | birth_place = Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|8|26|1929|11|2}} | death_place = Riverside, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1948–1961 (film & TV) | spouse = George Warren Hedges (1952–1954)<br>Jules Salkin (1958–1959)<br>William W. Holl (1978–2004) (her death)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/399/Lyn+Thomas/index.html|title=Lyn Thomas - the Private Life and Times of Lyn Thomas. Lyn Thomas Pictures}}</ref> }}
'''Lyn Thomas''' (born '''Jacqueline Thomas'''; 1929–2004) was an American stage, television, and film actress.<ref>Drew p.18</ref>
Thomas's first name was changed from Jacqueline to Lyn by a studio executive. Her film debut came in 1947.<ref name="bdc">{{cite news |last1=Burton |first1=Ron |title=Lyn Thomas Says A Name Can Be A Sensitive Thing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84148316/lyn-thomas/ |access-date=August 26, 2021 |work=The Bristol Daily Courier |agency=United Press International |date=December 17, 1958|page=20|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1948|| ''Stage Struck'' || Ruth Ames || |- |1949|| ''The Accused'' || Miss Parker || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''Harmony Inn'' || June Wallace || |- |1949|| ''Black Midnight'' || Cindy Baxter || |- |1950|| ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' || Girl on Beach || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Kill the Umpire'' || Pretty Wife || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Covered Wagon Raid'' || Gail Warren || |- |1950|| ''Triple Trouble'' || Shirley O'Brien, Gabe's Secretary || |- |1950|| ''The Petty Girl'' || Patti McKenzie || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Big Timber'' || June || |- |1950|| ''The Missourians'' || Peg Finn || |- |1951|| ''That's My Boy'' || Student || Uncredited |- |1953|| ''Red River Shore'' || Peggy Taylor || <!-- 1953. Adventures of Superman. Waitress --> |- |1954|| ''Witness to Murder'' || Joyce Stewart - Victim || Uncredited |- |1958|| ''Spacemaster X-7'' || Laura Greeling || |- |1958|| ''Frontier Gun'' || Kate Durand || |- |1959|| ''Alaska Passage'' || Janet Mason || |- |1959|| ''Frontier Gun'' || Keely Harris || |- |1959|| ''Here Come the Jets'' || Joyce || |- |1960|| ''Three Came to Kill'' || June Parker || |- |1960|| ''Noose for a Gunman'' || Della Haines || |}
==Selected television== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Episode |- | 1953 | ''Death Valley Days'' | Mary Ann King | "Which Side of the Fence" |- | 1954 | ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' | Dot | "Private Eye" |- | 1956 | ''The Adventures of Superman'' | The Duchess | "The Deadly Rock" |- | 1956 | ''Death Valley Days'' | Ellie Todd | "The Sinbuster " |- | 1957 | ''Death Valley Days'' | Ivy Scott | "Lady Engineer" |- | 1961 | ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' | Lola | "Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013.
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0859183}}
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