Lee Garlington
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls, Ronnie - the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including The West Wing, 7th Heaven, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also appeared in the sequels to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986). She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra (1986). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford. She was originally intended to play the lead female role in Seinfeld. She was the female regular in the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles", playing the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette. When the series was picked up, however, it was decided that having the female lead be from such a different social status compared to the rest of the cast would be unworkable, so the character of Claire was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes. In 2018, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Little Things as Landlady
- 2017 · Do You Take This Man as Esther
- 2016 · Married by Christmas as Bitsy Tate
- 2015 · Some Kind of Beautiful as Wendy
- 2014 · Mockingbird as Mom
- 2014 · The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Gummy
- 2014 · Sister as Principal Jacobs
- 2008 · Pulse 2: Afterlife as Aunt Carmen
- 2008 · Just Add Water as Penny
- 2006 · Big Day as
- 2006 · Akeelah and the Bee as Regional Judge
- 2006 · Stick It as Head Vault Judge
- 2006 · Something New as Mrs. Cahan
- 2005 · American Gun as Psychologist
- 2005 · Mortuary as Rita
- 2005 · A Lot Like Love as Stewardess
- 2004 · Johnson Family Vacation as Betty Sue
- 2002 · The Hot Chick as Vice Principal Bernard
- 2002 · One Hour Photo as Waitress
- 2002 · Lovely & Amazing as Jordan's Mom
- 2001 · Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Laura Lee Curtis
- 2000 · Forever Lulu as Linda Davis
- 2000 · Boys and Girls as L.A. Flight Attendant
- 2000 · If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Georgette
- 1999 · Can of Worms as Pamela Pillsbury
- 1998 · Maximum Bob as Rosellen Fortenot
- 1998 · Driven as Marian Pelton
- 1997 · Dante's Peak as Dr. Jane Fox
- 1995 · The Babysitter as Dolly Tucker
- 1993 · My Life as Carol Sandman
- 1993 · Jack the Bear as Mrs. Festinger
- 1992 · Honor Thy Mother as
- 1991 · Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories as Josette
- 1990 · Meet the Applegates as Nita Samson
- 1990 · A Killing in a Small Town as Peggy Blankenship
- 1989 · Field of Dreams as Beulah Gasnick
- 1989 · Three Fugitives as Woman Cop
- 1988 · The Seventh Sign as Dr. Margaret Inness
- 1988 · Hell Comes to Frogtown as Briefing Officer
- 1987 · Murder Ordained as Lorna's Friend
- 1987 · Some Kind of Wonderful as Gym Instructor
- 1986 · Psycho III as Myrna
- 1983 · Psycho II as Myrna
- 1981 · Carbon Copy as
- Future · Segal as Self
- 2022 · The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special as Herself
- 2021 · Candy Coated Christmas as Kim Winters
- 2020 · Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door as Herself - actress
- 2020 · P-Valley as Georgia Anne "Georgie" Batson
- 2020 · P-Valley as Georgia Anne 'Georgie' Batson
- 2019 · Dead to Me as Nurse Francine
- 2018 · Christmas Harmony as Debbie
- 2017 · House by the Lake as Dr. Llywelyn
- 2017 · The Good Doctor as Joan
- 2016 · Her Last Will as Ruth
- 2016 · Band of Robbers as Lt. Polly
- 2015 · The Magicians as Dana
- 2015 · Safelight as Dottie
- 2014 · Stalker as Diane Kindrick
- 2014 · The Extendables as Paint
- 2014 · Extant as Principal
- 2014 · North Blvd as Liz
- 2013 · Mistresses as Eleanor
- 2012 · Emily Owens, M.D. as Donna Fisher
- 2012 · Longmire as Ruth
- 2011 · Suburgatory as Dorothy
- 2011 · Friends with Benefits as Billie
- 2010 · The Psycho Legacy as Self
- 2010 · Good Luck Charlie as Mrs. Krump
- 2010 · A Buddy Story as Susan's Mom
- 2009 · FlashForward as Carline
- 2009 · FlashForward as Carlene
- 2009 · Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith as Jane Burns
- 2009 · Southland as Cathleen Kerik
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Geraldine Peters
- 2008 · The Coverup as Beeverly Thacker
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Betty Fulford
- 2008 · 90210 as Judge
- 2007 · Private Practice as Stella Peterson
- 2007 · The Riches as
- 2007 · Forfeit as
- 2006 · Psych as Eugenia
- 2006 · What About Brian as Mona
- 2006 · Big Love as Grace Ann
- 2006 · Mrs. Harris as Tarnower's Ex #2
- 2005 · Invasion as
- 2005 · Close to Home as
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Fara Linden
- 2005 · Medium as Marion Wheeler
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Alberta Holstein
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Alisa McKenzie
- 2004 · Guarding Eddy as Helen
- 2003 · Cold Case as Carol Prosser
- 2003 · Joan of Arcadia as
- 2003 · NCIS as Mary Hanlan
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Peggy
- 2003 · All of Us as
- 2003 · Abby as
- 2002 · 8 Simple Rules as Fran
- 2002 · 8 Simple Rules as Leslie
- 2002 · Everwood as Brenda Baxworth
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as Mary Pat Foley
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Dixie
- 2001 · Layover as Public Defender Boone
- 2001 · American Pie 2 as Natalie's Mom
- 2001 · Stranger Inside as Warden Arnold
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Fiona Kleinschmidt
- 2001 · The Division as Jinny's Psychiatrist
- 2000 · The District as Nancy's Mother
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mrs. Frommer
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mrs. Briggs
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Cammie's Mother
- 2000 · Titus as
- 1999 · Snoops as Alicia Spitz
- 1999 · The West Wing as Alana Waterman
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Dr. Kemper
- 1999 · Freak Talks About Sex as Nichole's Mom
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Annette
- 1998 · Virtual Obsession as
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Jessica Harris
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1996 · Dark Skies as
- 1996 · Dark Skies as Betty Hill
- 1996 · Townies as Kathy Donovan
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Prevaricator
- 1996 · Summer of Fear as Winnie
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as
- 1995 · Whose Daughter is She? as Annie
- 1995 · See Jane Run as Carole Garson
- 1994 · Friends as Ronni
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Dr. Josephs
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Reflections on a Crime as Tina
- 1994 · The Yarn Princess as Wanda
- 1993 · The Conviction of Kitty Dodds as Anne Williams
- 1993 · Love Matters as Nan
- 1993 · River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene as Janice
- 1993 · Grace Under Fire as Emily
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Rosie DePaul
- 1993 · Bakersfield P.D. as Judy Hampton
- 1993 · Torch Song as Phyllis
- 1993 · Dying to Love You as Rita
- 1993 · Kiss of a Killer as Helene
- 1992 · When No One Would Listen as Lee
- 1992 · Sneakers as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov
- 1992 · Arresting Behavior as
- 1992 · Shame as Tina Farrell
- 1991 · Good & Evil as
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Joanie Graham
- 1991 · The Whereabouts of Jenny as Gina
- 1990 · When You Remember Me as Joanne
- 1990 · Get a Life as Angelica
- 1990 · Get a Life as Patti
- 1990 · Lenny as
- 1990 · Bar Girls as Shelley
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Jan
- 1990 · Wings as Vi
- 1989 · Cold Sassy Tree as Mary Willis
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Claire
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Nurse Chatam
- 1989 · Coach as Barbara
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Shawnee
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1987 · Student Exchange as Mrs. Whitcoms
- 1987 · Hooperman as Gail
- 1987 · In the Mood as "Schlitz" Waitress
- 1986 · Sledge Hammer! as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Regina Furnald
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1986 · Cobra as Nancy Stalk
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Kirsten Adams
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1985 · Do You Remember Love as Second Mother
- 1984 · Overnight Sensation as Sales Girl
- 1984 · Who's the Boss? as
- 1983 · Automan as
- 1982 · Family Ties as Beth Davis
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as