Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 15, 1937
Died
Dec 29, 2024
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Credits
83 titles
Linda Lavin
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.
Known For
Filmography
One Big Happy Family
Lenore
Mid-Century Modern
Sybil Schneiderman
No Good Deed
Phyllis Adelman
Elsbeth
Gloria
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Barb (voice)
Being the Ricardos
Older Madelyn Pugh
Naked Singularity
Judge Cymbeline
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
Yvette Slosch
B Positive
Norma
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Flora
Girls Weekend
Marie
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
9JKL
Judy
Room 104
Enid
Brockmire
Lorraine
How to Be a Latin Lover
Millicent
Bakery in Brooklyn
Isabelle
Manhattan Night
Norma
The Intern
Patty
A Short History of Decay
Sandy Fisher
Sean Saves the World
Lorna
Mom
Phyllis
Wanderlust
Shari
Bob's Burgers
Gertie (voice)
The Back-Up Plan
Nana
The Good Wife
F. Joy Grubick
At Home in Utopia
Self - Narrator
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Criminal Minds
Connie LaMontagne
Bones
Judge Michael
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
The O.C.
Sophie Cohen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ursula Sussman
The Sopranos
Dr. Wendi Kobler
Conrad Bloom
Florie Bloom
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Best Friends for Life
Sarah "Coop" Cooper
The Ring
Ruth Liebman
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
Marilyn Killane
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Earline
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Virginia Funicello
Touched by an Angel
Amanda Randolph
Whitewash
Ms. Steunberg (voice)
Intimate Portrait
Self
Room for Two
Edie Kurland
The Sunset Gang
Herself - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
Self