Linda Lavin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 15, 1937
- Died
- December 29, 2024 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Portland, Maine, USA
Biography
Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 - December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. She was known for playing the title character in the sitcom "Alice" and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway. After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She began appearing on Broadway in the 1960s, earning notice in "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman" in 1966 and receiving her first Tony Award nomination for "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" in 1970. She moved to Hollywood in 1973 and began to work on television, making recurring appearances on the sitcom "Barney Miller" before landing the title role on the hit comedy "Alice," which ran from 1976 to 1985. She appeared in many telefilms and later she appeared in other TV works. She has also played roles in several feature films. In 1987, she returned to Broadway, starring in "Broadway Bound" (winning a Tony Award), "Gypsy" (1990), "The Sisters Rosensweig" (1993), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1997–1998) and "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" (2000–2001), among others. In 2010, she appeared as Ruth Steiner in "Collected Stories," garnering her fifth Tony nomination. She starred in NBC's short-lived sitcom "Sean Saves the World" as Lorna and the CBS sitcom "9JKL." She also starred in the CBS sitcom "B Positive." Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Lavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
One Big Happy Family
Movie · as Lenore
Mid-Century Modern
TV · as Sybil Schneiderman · 10 eps
Elsbeth
TV · as Gloria · 1 ep
No Good Deed
TV · as Phyllis Adelman · 3 eps
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Movie · as Barb (voice)
Naked Singularity
Movie · as Judge Cymbeline
Being the Ricardos
Movie · as Older Madelyn Pugh
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
Movie · as Yvette Slosch
B Positive
TV · as Norma · 34 eps
On Broadway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie · as Flora
Girls Weekend
Movie · as Marie
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self
How to Be a Latin Lover
Movie · as Millicent
Brockmire
TV · as Lorraine · 1 ep
9JKL
TV · as Judy · 16 eps
Room 104
TV · as Enid · 1 ep
Manhattan Night
Movie · as Norma
Bakery in Brooklyn
Movie · as Isabelle
The Intern
Movie · as Patty
A Short History of Decay
Movie · as Sandy Fisher
Sean Saves the World
TV · as Lorna · 15 eps
Mom
TV · as Phyllis · 2 eps
Wanderlust
Movie · as Shari
Bob's Burgers
TV · as Gertie (voice), Helen (voice) · 1 ep
The Back-Up Plan
Movie · as Nana
The Good Wife
TV · as F. Joy Grubick · 3 eps
At Home in Utopia
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Movie · as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
Bones
TV · as Judge Michael · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Connie LaMontagne · 1 ep
The O.C.
TV · as Sophie Cohen · 2 eps
Collected Stories
Movie · as Ruth Steiner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Ursula Sussman · 1 ep
The Sopranos
TV · as Dr. Wendi Kobler · 1 ep
Best Friends for Life
Movie · as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
Conrad Bloom
TV · as Florie Bloom · 15 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
The Ring
Movie · as Ruth Liebman
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
Movie · as Marilyn Killane
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Movie · as Earline
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Movie · as Virginia Funicello
Whitewash
Movie · as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Amanda Randolph · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Room for Two
TV · as Edie Kurland · 30 eps
The Sunset Gang
Movie · as Herself - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
I Want to Go Home
Movie · as Lena Apthrop
See You in the Morning
Movie · as Sidney
A Place to Call Home
Movie · as Liz Gavin
Lena: My 100 Children
Movie · as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
Maricela
Movie · as Mrs. Gannett
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Movie · as Kermit's Doctor
Another Woman's Child
Movie · as Terry DeBray
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Lily for President?
Movie · as Alice Hyatt
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
American Playhouse
TV · as Self – Host · 1 ep
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Nurse Joy Ufema
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Movie · as Ellen Lissick
Linda in Wonderland
Movie · as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
Like Mom, Like Me
Movie · as Althea Gruen
Kaz
TV · as Helen 'Frenchy' Russo · 1 ep
Alice
TV · as Alice Hyatt · 202 eps
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Family
TV · as Annie Laurie Marshall · 1 ep
Barney Miller
TV · as Det. Janice Wentworth · 5 eps
The Morning After
Movie · as Toni
Rhoda
TV · as Linda Monroe · 1 ep
Harry O
TV · as Alice · 1 ep
The Great American Dream Machine
TV · as Herself · 34 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Damn Yankees
Movie · as Gloria Thorpe
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Carol Brandt · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest · 7 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer / Winner, Self - Nominee / Performer · 4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep