Gaudy colours, messy brushwork, even a set of missing toes. The debate about the authenticity of a Rubens's masterpiece ...

She was known for an asymmetrical hairstyle, dressing in a vibrant, joyous mishmash of prints and colors, and throwing incredible parties at a home often compared to Pee Wee’s Playhouse, the fictional ...

Lynne Marie Stewart as Miss Yvonne with Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman in an episode of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” in 1989. Credit... Brian D. McLaughlin/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images ...

Lynne Marie Stewart, perhaps best known as Miss Yvonne from Pee-wee’s Playhouse, passed away on February 21, 2025, at the age of 78.

and the friends she made while performing there—most notably Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens—for the rest of her life. In the early 1980s, Stewart began working with Reubens on the stage ...

It was there that she met “Pee-wee” creator Paul Reubens, and the two struck up a friendship. Stewart has guest roles on iconic sitcoms such as “M*A*S*H*,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “The ...

As mentioned, above, Stewart made her impact on pop culture through Pee-wee’s Playhouse in which she starred alongside the late Paul Reubens. But Peterson, who came up together with Stewart at ...

In July 2024 Stewart told People she visited Paul Reubens before his death in 2023 and the pair reminisced about their series. “I got to be in the hospital with him,” she explained.

Born Dec. 14, 1946 in L.A., Stewart was a member of The Groundlings in the ’70s, where she met Peterson, Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. From left: Lynne Marie Stewart, Jimmy Smits and Paul ...

She had a pretty good run on TV, too. As the lovely, glowing Miss Yvonne, she joined Reubens, who created and played the famous bowtied character of Pee-wee, onstage in the original 1981 “Pee ...