Lynn Borden

Borden was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Evelyn and Bill Freyse, a cartoonist, and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Borden attended the University of Arizona, where she performed in theatre and studied drama and psychology. Borden graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1958. In 1957 she had won the Miss Arizona pageant and been a runner-up in the Miss America Pageant.

Borden began her screen career in 1962 with an uncredited role as a party guest in the film Days of Wine and Roses. In 1965 she was cast as Barbara Baxter for the final season of Hazel. After the series ended in 1966 Borden appeared in other television programs, including The Fugitive, Get Smart, Fantasy Island and The Dick Van Dyke Show. She also starred and co-starred in films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frogs, Black Mama White Mama, Walking Tall, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry and Savannah Smiles. Borden retired in 2006, last appearing in the police procedural television series CSI: NY.