1937-10-15 Portland, Maine, USA
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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One Big Happy Family | Lenore | 2025-01-11 |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Barb (voice) | 2022-12-02 |
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Naked Singularity | Judge Cymbeline | 2021-08-06 |
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Being the Ricardos | Older Madelyn Pugh | 2021-12-10 |
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Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch | Yvette Slosch | 2021-04-12 |
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Flora | 2019-03-15 |
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Girls Weekend | Marie | 2019-01-29 |
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On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-12 |
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Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018-08-18 |
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How to Be a Latin Lover | Millicent | 2017-03-06 |
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My Bakery in Brooklyn | Isabelle | 2016-06-30 |
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Manhattan Night | Norma | 2016-05-20 |
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The Intern | Patty | 2015-09-23 |
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A Short History of Decay | Sandy Fisher | 2014-05-16 |
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Wanderlust | Shari | 2012-02-23 |
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The Back-Up Plan | Nana | 2010-04-23 |
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At Home in Utopia | Self - Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife") | 2006-05-02 |
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The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch | The Allergist's Wife (archive footage) | 2005-04-25 |
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Best Friends for Life | Sarah "Coop" Cooper | 1998-01-18 |
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The Ring | Ruth Liebman | 1996-10-20 |
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For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal | Marilyn Killane | 1996-08-21 |
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Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Earline | 1996-01-07 |
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story | Virginia Funicello | 1995-10-22 |
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Whitewash | Ms. Steunberg (voice) | 1994-08-16 |
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The Sunset Gang | Herself - Host | 1991-04-04 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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I Want to Go Home | Lena Apthrop | 1989-09-27 |
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See You in the Morning | Sidney | 1989-04-14 |
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A Place to Call Home | Liz Gavin | 1987-02-07 |
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Lena: My 100 Children | Lena Kuchler-Silberman | 1987-11-23 |
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Maricela | Mrs. Gannett | 1986-09-13 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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The Muppets Take Manhattan | Kermit's Doctor | 1984-06-27 |
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Another Woman's Child | Terry DeBray | 1983-01-18 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Lily for President? | Alice Hyatt | 1982-05-20 |
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A Matter of Life and Death | Nurse Joy Ufema | 1981-01-13 |
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Linda in Wonderland | Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler | 1980-11-27 |
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The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Ellen Lissick | 1980-01-26 |
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Like Mom, Like Me | Althea Gruen | 1978-10-22 |
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The Morning After | Toni | 1974-02-13 |
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Damn Yankees | Gloria Thorpe | 1967-04-08 |
