Linda Lavin
Born: 1937-10-15 in Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 2024-12-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- One Big Happy Family as Lenore
- Mid-Century Modern as Sybil Schneiderman
2024
- Elsbeth as Gloria
- No Good Deed as Phyllis Adelman
2023
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2022
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Barb (voice)
2021
- Naked Singularity as Judge Cymbeline
- Being the Ricardos as Older Madelyn Pugh
- Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch as Yvette Slosch
2020
- B Positive as Norma
2019
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Flora
- Girls Weekend as Marie
- On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
2018
2017
- Brockmire as Lorraine
- Room 104 as Enid
- 9JKL as Judy
- How to Be a Latin Lover as Millicent
2016
- Manhattan Night as Norma
- Bakery in Brooklyn as Isabelle
2015
- The Intern as Patty
2014
- A Short History of Decay as Sandy Fisher
2013
- Mom as Phyllis
- Sean Saves the World as Lorna
2012
- Wanderlust as Shari
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Gertie (voice)
2010
- The Back-Up Plan as Nana
2009
- The Good Wife as F. Joy Grubick
2008
- At Home in Utopia as Self - Narrator
2006
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
2005
- Criminal Minds as Connie LaMontagne
- Bones as Judge Michael
- The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
2003
- The O.C. as Sophie Cohen
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ursula Sussman
1999
- The Sopranos as Dr. Wendi Kobler
1998
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- Best Friends for Life as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
- Conrad Bloom as Florie Bloom
1996
- The Ring as Ruth Liebman
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Earline
- For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal as Marilyn Killane
1995
- A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story as Virginia Funicello
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Amanda Randolph
- Whitewash as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self
1992
- Room for Two as Edie Kurland
1991
- The Sunset Gang as Herself - Host
1990
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989
- I Want to Go Home as Lena Apthrop
- See You in the Morning as Sidney
1987
- A Place to Call Home as Liz Gavin
- Lena: My 100 Children as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
1986
- Maricela as Mrs. Gannett
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- The Muppets Take Manhattan as Kermit's Doctor
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Another Woman's Child as Terry DeBray
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Lily for President? as Alice Hyatt
1981
- A Matter of Life and Death as Nurse Joy Ufema
1980
- Linda in Wonderland as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
- The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Ellen Lissick
1978
- Like Mom, Like Me as Althea Gruen
- Kaz as Helen 'Frenchy' Russo
1976
- Alice as Alice Hyatt
- Family as Annie Laurie Marshall
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
1975
- Barney Miller as Det. Janice Wentworth
1974
- Rhoda as Linda Monroe
- Harry O as Alice
- The Morning After as Toni
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- The Great American Dream Machine as Herself
1967
- Damn Yankees as Gloria Thorpe
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner