Linda Lavin
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Intern (2015)
as Patty
The Back-Up Plan (2010)
as Nana
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
as Barb (voice)
Manhattan Night (2016)
as Norma
Being the Ricardos (2021)
as Older Madelyn Pugh
Wanderlust (2012)
as Shari
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
as Millicent
Naked Singularity (2021)
as Judge Cymbeline
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
as Kermit's Doctor
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
as Flora
Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
as Isabelle
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
See You in the Morning (1989)
as Sidney
A Short History of Decay (2014)
as Sandy Fisher
I Want to Go Home (1989)
as Lena Apthrop
Another Woman's Child (1983)
as Terry DeBray
Girls Weekend (2019)
as Marie
A Matter of Life and Death (1981)
as Nurse Joy Ufema
Maricela (1986)
as Mrs. Gannett
Best Friends for Life (1998)
as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
as Virginia Funicello
Like Mom, Like Me (1978)
as Althea Gruen
Lena: My 100 Children (1987)
as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
A Place to Call Home (1987)
as Liz Gavin
The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980)
as Ellen Lissick
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
The Morning After (1974)
as Toni
Lily for President? (1982)
as Alice Hyatt
The Sunset Gang (1991)
as Herself - Host
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
One Big Happy Family (2025)
as Lenore
The Ring (1996)
as Ruth Liebman
Whitewash (1994)
as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996)
as Earline
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal (1996)
as Marilyn Killane
At Home in Utopia (2008)
as Self - Narrator
Damn Yankees (1967)
as Gloria Thorpe
Linda in Wonderland (1980)
as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch (2021)
as Yvette Slosch
Collected Stories (2002)
as Ruth Steiner