Rima Lyn
Acting
Biography
Rima Lyn (aka Rima Delane) was born in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up in Greenwich Village, and happened to live next door to the renown HB Studios on Bank Street. Her mother signed her up for a class at age 8. She remembers 'being a tree,' howling like a dog and rolling around on the floor a lot. n 1976, she moved to Los Angeles. She continued her interest in acting and studied with Judy Mcglaughlin, Lynette Katselas and later with Stephanie Feury. She received encouraging feedback from a number of auditions, including coming in 2nd for the TV series, Fame. Her dance audition with Debbie Allen was a career high. In 1985, she was lucky enough to win a role alongside Katey Sagal and Pamela Adlon in the Jay Gruska/Paul Gordon musical, "Backstreet." For one of the performances, she performed with Miguel Ferrer, who understudied the 'Gang Leader' for a weekend. Other theater highs include a 'starred review' performance for "Cowboy Mouth" in Pasadena. Her first film role was a cameo in the cult classic, "Better Off Dead." She played the 'geek next door', Joanne Greenwald, and got to do something she would never do in real life, refuse a date with John Cusack! She almost wound up on the cutting room floor, and is forever grateful to writer/director Savage Steve Holland for picking her to play the role Her television roles included "Silver Spoons," "227," and later, "Felicity." She appeared as a jaded fashion commentator on the children's show "2 HIP 4 TV." Her character was interviewed by Colin Quinn and the hardest part was keeping a serious pout while Colin cracked wise. She went on to do a number of satisfying things with her life, including teaching performing and fine arts to gifted teens, publishing her poetry, writing music, screenplays and becoming a personal chef with a number of delightful celebrity clients. She recently opened a popular café in Todos Santos, BCS, named Bistro Magico. In 2023, she wrote, produced and co-directed a short film based on her award-winning screenplay. "Super Taco" is currently making a festival run and she looks forward to shooting the feature film in 2024.
Known For
Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.
Felicity
Wealthy, young-at-heart business owner Edward Stratton III is stunned to discover his brief marriage several years ago produced a son, Richard Bluedhorn-Stratton, now 12 and standing in Edward's living room, wanting to live with the father he never knew. Although Edward's first impulse is to send Ricky to boarding school, he soon relents and let his son move in with him and Kate, his love-struck secretary.
Silver Spoons
A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
227
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Better Off Dead...
Harry Stadlin becomes the new editor of the magazine West Coast, a California publication. He finds himself with a talented staff who are a little eccentric with complicated lives.
Just in Time
An early successor to "The People's Court" (1981) and precursor to later 'reality-based' shock-TV shows. Actors portraying litigants in divorce proceedings presented their stories to a judge who gave his judgment based on the merits of the case. Accusations of infidelity, dishonesty, incompetence, and insanity were frequent.
Divorce Court
Five individuals, each burdened by personal dilemmas, converge on a transformative journey where they must summon the courage to make a decision that will transform their lives.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
After a social worker collects her drug-dealing brother from prison and tries to convince him to help their ailing, abusive father, she realizes that he's right to refuse as she struggles with her own commitment to family. They're finally able to move past their impasse with the help of a taco.
Super Taco
Set in the liminal space between waking life and dreams, this series of portraits features people expressing their resolutions for tomorrow. This video art piece was designed as a two screen projection as part of the “Window To The Future” exhibition at the Telefonica Foundation in Madrid.
Notes to My Future Self
2 Hip 4 TV is a variety show aimed at children that appeared on NBC in 1988, and was hosted by Colin Quinn and Ahmet Zappa. Musical guests included the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, Sparks and El Vez. The series was set in a bowling alley.