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name: "Lynn Cohen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lynn-cohen"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 August 1933"
died: "14 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T22:39:33.160411+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."
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# Lynn Cohen

Actor. Born 10 August 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Died 14 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 August 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 14 February 2020
- **Active:** 2003–2008
- **Also known as:** Lynn Harriette Kay

## Biography

Lynn Cohen was an American actress. Born Lynn Harriette Kay in Kansas City, Missouri, she began her career in regional theatre in St. Louis before moving to New York, where she appeared in off-Broadway productions from the 1970s and studied at Michael Howard Studios.

She made her screen debut in 1983 and accumulated over 100 film and television credits. Cohen was known for recurring roles as Magda in the HBO series *Sex and the City* (1998–2004) and the feature films *Sex and the City* (2008) and *Sex and the City 2* (2010), and as Mags Flanagan in *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013). Other notable appearances include Golda Meir in *Munich* (2005), *The Station Agent* (2003), *Synecdoche, New York* (2008) and *Eagle Eye* (2008). She also had a recurring role as Judge Elizabeth Mizener on *Law & Order*.

Cohen died in New York City on 14 February 2020.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Caden's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Golda Meir — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *The Station Agent* (2003), Fi1m 82, as Patty at the Good to Go — [page](https://film.one/film/the-station-agent.md)

## Also known for

- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Mags Flanagan
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Art Teacher, Rosa Doletti
- *Eagle Eye* (2008), Mrs. Wierzbowski
- *Sex and the City* (2008), Magda
- *Sex and the City* (1998), Magda
- *The Cobbler* (2014), Sarah Simkin
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), Magda
- *Across the Universe* (2007), Grandmother Carrigan

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