Janice Lynde

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Janice Lynde
Janice Lynde at the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmys.
Born	March 28, 1948 Lake Charles, Louisiana
Notable roles	Leslie Brooks in The Young and the Restless Tracy DeWitt in Another World

Janice Lynde (born March 28, 1948 in Lake Charles, Louisiana is an American actress.

Lynde began her professional career at ten years old, playing piano and singing solos with the Dallas Symphony. She attended college at Indiana University, studying music, and then the University of Pennsylvania. After she graduated from college, she moved to New York and began a career in acting. In 1973, she moved to Los Angeles, where she got her big acting break when she was chosen to be one the of the original cast members of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, where she portrayed Leslie Brooks. She left the series in 1977. In 1979, she joined the cast of Another World as Tracy DeWitt; she left the role in 1981. In 1984, she starred as Laurel Wolek in One Life to Live, which she left in 1986. She has also appeared in several television shows, movies and television movies.