Early Life
Resnick was born Lynda Rae Harris in 1944 to an affluent Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, Jack Harris, worked as a film distributor during the 1950s. He made one movie, The Blob, which later became a cult favorite. Because of her father's occupation, Resnick, at the age of four, had a recurring role on The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour broadcast from WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. Resnick graduated from Harriton High School. After a brief stint at a local college, Resnick took a job at the in-house ad agency for Sunset House catalog. Resnick founded an advertising agency, Lynda Limited, at the age of 19.
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