Cynthia Lynn was born on April 2, 1936 in Riga, Latvia as Zinta Valda Zimilis. She was an actress, known for Hogan's Heroes (1965), Bedtime Story (1964) and Gidget Grows Up (1969). She died on March 10, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Her family migrated to the U.S. from her native Riga, Latvia, following WWII.
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Starred as Fraulein Helga on the first season of Hogan's Heroes (1965). She returned to the show later on in a couple of different roles.
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Retired in the mid-'70s and co-wrote her autobiography, "Escape to Freedom: A Biography of Cynthia Lynn", in 2002, in which she admitted an affair with Hogan's Heroes (1965) star Bob Crane during the run of the first season in which she appeared. She also exposed her onetime relationship with Marlon Brando, whom she appeared with in Bedtime Story (1964), that produced daughter Lisa.