Profiles - Lynette McMorrough

Lynette trained at the Arts Educational School. Soon after graduating she joined the Chichester Festival Theatre Company and created the part of ‘Angel Jelly’ in their original production of the musical FOLLOW THE STAR. She reprised the role in the sequel, MAKE ME A WORLD, and then went to Hong Kong with the Chichester Company for CYRANO DE BERGERAC and OTHELLO.

Her many subsequent theatre credits include ONCE A CATHOLIC, COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN and THE ELEPHANT MAN in the West End; BLITHE SPIRIT at the Lyric, Hammersmith and Derby Playhouse; BREATH OF SPRING and HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES at Bromley; STEAMING, ROMEO & JULIET, ELSIE AND NORM’S MACBETH and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Worcester; SYLVIA'S WEDDING at Oldham; CAUGHT IN THE NET and STEPPING OUT at The Mill at Sonning; JOKING APART and SWEET REVENGE at the Theatre Royal, Windsor; and National Tours of HAUNTED HOTEL, PRESENT LAUGHTER, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, DANGEROUS CORNER, GASLIGHT, THE RIVALS, TABLE MANNERS, NOISES OFF, DEATHTRAP, DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE, ONE FOR THE POT, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, THE HEIRESS and STRAIGHT AND NARROW.

Lynette’s pantomimes (as ‘Fairy’) include Canterbury, Brighton, Crewe, Redhill, High Wycombe, Hastings, Torquay, Stevenage, Worthing and The Lighthouse, Poole.

On Television, Lynette is, of course, best remembered as ‘Glenda Brownlow’ in the original CROSSROADS. She has recently appeared in SWEET MEDICINE, GRASS and DOCTORS