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- Birth nameWoodson Lynne Overman Woodson Lynne Overman
- Height5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
- Lynne Overman was born on September 19, 1887 in Maryville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Union Pacific (1939), She Loves Me Not (1934) and Reap the Wild Wind (1942). He was married to Emily Helen Drange and Sylvia Antoinette Hazette. He died on February 19, 1943 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpousesEmily Helen Drange(November 14, 1922 - February 19, 1943) (his death)Sylvia Antoinette Hazette(October 5, 1911 - ?)
- A former jockey.
- Laid-back character actor from the stage (Broadway, 1919-1932), who specialised in Runyonesque gangsters or the wisecracking friend of the star. Particularly effective at delivering droll one-liners in his unique pitch-changing voice, which he did to great effect in such films as 'Union Pacific', 'Northwest Mounted Police', 'Roxie Hart' and 'Reap the Wild Wind".
- Wife Emily Drange was a New York show girl between 1917 and 1922. She appeared in "Sonny," "Showboat" and "Sally," as well as several Ziegfeld Follies.
- Father: William J. Overman; Mother: Dora Alice Johnson.
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