Linda Lavin

Known for ActingBorn 1937-10-15Died 2024-12-29Portland, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Conrad Bloom

Maricela

The Great American Dream Machine

On Broadway

Another Woman's Child

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

The Sopranos

Criminal Minds

Reading Rainbow

Bones

Room for Two

Bob's Burgers

100 Years of Warner Bros.

A Matter of Life and Death

The Muppet Show

The O.C.

The Good Wife

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Hollywood Squares

Betty White: First Lady of Television

Mom

The Intern

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

How to Be a Latin Lover

Barney Miller

Elsbeth

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Best Friends for Life

Brockmire

Family

The Sunset Gang

A Place to Call Home

Lena: My 100 Children

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

Like Mom, Like Me

Kaz

Alice

Being the Ricardos

CBS Playhouse

Night of 100 Stars II

No Good Deed

B Positive

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Morning After

Golden Globe Awards