As part of Xpress‘ annual Kids Issue series, we reached out to the members of Asheville City Council and the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners to share their childhood recollections. Council ...

She also appeared in the iconic 1973 flick, “American Graffiti.” In 1981, she played Miss Yvonne in “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” and later reprised the same role in the CBS children’s spin ...

onstage in the original 1981 “Pee-wee Herman Show” (Captain Carl was her romantic interest.) The TV series, which aired from 1986 to 1990, had less adult humor than the stage show, but ...

In 1981, she portrayed Miss Yvonne in “The Pee-wee Herman Show” and later reprised the role for the CBS children’s series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which aired from 1986 to 1990.

After originating the role of Miss Yvonne, The Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland, onstage in 1981’s The Pee-Wee Herman Show, she continued with the character on the CBS Saturday morning program ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Lynne Marie Stewart attends as The Groundlings Honor the Late Pee-Wee Herman at The Groundlings Theatre & School on July 22, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Lynne Marie Stewart, who had supporting turns in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” has died, her friend Cassandra Peterson confirmed via Instagram Friday.

The character was initially conceived as part of the stage production of “The Pee-wee Herman Show.” Stewart went on to play the character in five seasons of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and in ...

In the early 1980s, Stewart began working with Reubens on the stage production that would become The Pee-wee Herman Show, where she created and embodied the character of Miss Yvonne ...