---
name: "Cynthia Sikes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cynthia-sikes"
fi1m_id: "cynthia-sikes"
imdb_id: "nm0005427"
tmdb_id: 96765
wikidata_id: "Q5200155"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-21T04:27:03.505551+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cynthia Sikes

## Identity

Cynthia Sikes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cynthia-sikes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cynthia-sikes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005427
- **TMDB ID:** 96765
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5200155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96765

Producer. Born 2 January 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 January 1954, Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Also known as:** Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, Cynthia Yorkin
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 2010s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96765

## Coming up

- *Blade Runner 2099* (2026-11-25), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/blade-runner-2099.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Blade Runner 2049*](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cynthia Sikes Yorkin is an American actress and producer. Born Cynthia Lee Sikes on 2 January 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas, she began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning the Miss Kansas title in 1972.

As an actress she is known for recurring roles including Dr Annie Cavanero in the series *St. Elsewhere* (1982–1987), Dr Sidney Walden in *JAG* (2000–2001), and appearances in *Magnum, P.I.* (1985), *Columbo* (1976) and the film *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988). She also produced the television film *Sins of Silence* (1996).

Yorkin served as a producer on the film *Blade Runner 2049* (2017). She was married to producer and director Bud Yorkin from 1989 until his death in 2015.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Annie Cavanero — [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blade Runner 2099* (2026), series, Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/blade-runner-2099.md)
- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *Aquarius* (2015), series, as Betty Goodale
- *Going Shopping* (2005), as Lisa
- *Possums* (1998), as Elizabeth Clark
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Meredith Scott, Rona Suss
- *Sins of Silence* (1996), as Cynthia Hayes · Producer
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Sidney Walden
- *In Defense of a Married Man* (1990), as Claudia
- *Wings* (1990), series, as Nina Todd
- *Love Hurts* (1990), as Nancy Weaver
- *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988), as Susan Johnson
- *That's Life!* (1986), as Janice Kern
- *Oceans of Fire* (1986), as Helen Kyger
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Monica Ryan
- *His Mistress* (1984), as Paula Schuster
- *The Man Who Loved Women* (1983), as Courtney Wade
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Annie Cavanero — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains* (1982), as Alicia Meeker
- *Good-bye Cruel World* (1982), as Joyce
- *Hotel* (1982), series, Actor
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Barbara Munroe
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, Actor
- *Flamingo Road* (1981), series, Actor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Lauren Henderson
- *Big Shamus, Little Shamus* (1979), series, as Jingles Lodestar
- *Archie Bunker's Place* (1979), series, Actor
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Roseanne Driscoll
- *Captains and the Kings* (1976), series, as Claudia
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Susan Valero — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Michelle
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Della — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Miss America* (1954), series, as Miss Kansas 1972

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Cynthia Sikes, TV actress, star of TV's "St. Elsewhere" (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/126172/gallery-88e4b3d70ce2.jpg) Photo of Cynthia Sikes, TV actress, star of TV's "St. Elsewhere" (1983) — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin.jpg/1280px-Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cynthia Sikes](https://film.one/media/person/126172/gallery-a01b5951da4a.jpg) Cynthia Sikes — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Cynthia_Sikes_Yorkin_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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