Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is 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
- 2024 · No Good Deed as Phyllis
- 2024 · Elsbeth as Gloria
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Barb (voice)
- 2021 · Being the Ricardos as Older Madelyn Pugh
- 2021 · Naked Singularity as Judge Cymbeline
- 2021 · Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch as Yvette Slosch
- 2020 · B Positive as Norma
- 2020 · Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Flora
- 2019 · Girls Weekend as Marie
- 2018 · Betty White: First Lady of Television as Self
- 2017 · 9JKL as Judy
- 2017 · Room 104 as Enid
- 2017 · Brockmire as Lorraine
- 2017 · How to Be a Latin Lover as Millicent
- 2016 · Bakery in Brooklyn as Isabelle
- 2016 · Manhattan Night as Norma
- 2015 · The Intern as Patty
- 2014 · A Short History of Decay as Sandy Fisher
- 2013 · Sean Saves the World as Lorna
- 2013 · Mom as Phyllis
- 2012 · Wanderlust as Shari
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Gertie (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Helen (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 · Bones as Judge Michael
- 2005 · 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 · Conrad Bloom as Florie Bloom
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Best Friends for Life as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
- 1996 · The Ring as Ruth Liebman
- 1996 · For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal as Marilyn Killane
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Earline
- 1995 · A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story as Virginia Funicello
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Amanda Randolph
- 1994 · 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
- 1989 · See You in the Morning as Sidney
- 1987 · Lena: My 100 Children as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
- 1987 · A Place to Call Home as Liz Gavin
- 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 Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Another Woman's Child as Terry DeBray
- 1982 · Lily for President? as Alice Hyatt
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Nurse Joy Ufema
- 1980 · Linda in Wonderland as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
- 1980 · The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Ellen Lissick
- 1978 · Like Mom, Like Me as Althea Gruen
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1976 · Alice as Alice Hyatt
- 1976 · Family as Annie Laurie Marshall
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Det. Janice Wentworth
- 1974 · The Morning After as Toni
- 1971 · The Great American Dream Machine as Herself
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Mid-Century Modern as Sybil Schneiderman
- 1967 · Damn Yankees as Gloria Thorpe
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer