Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo (née Lindquist) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the series "Desperate Housewives". The character is played by actress Felicity Huffman, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 2005 to 2007. While show creator Marc Cherry based Bree Van de Kamp's family on his teenage years, he based Lynette's on his childhood life. Other actresses who claim to have auditioned for the show include
Flashback (Desperate Housewives) tries to bribe her, which doesn't work. However Lynette tells them that they are more than welcome to come over to the Scavo place for a family photo. As they all gather around for the picture they discover that Frank has died. Stella turns sad, mainly because Frank’s new will doesn’t go into effect until the following day. If they call the coroner before midnight, she gets nothing. If they wait until morning, she gets millions. Lynette remains reluctant and insists on doing the right thing but when Stella points out to Lynette that after all these years of Lynette