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.
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Acted in
No Good Deed
2024
as Phyllis
Elsbeth
2024
as Gloria
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Barb (voice)
Being the Ricardos
2021
as Older Madelyn Pugh
Naked Singularity
2021
as Judge Cymbeline
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
2021
as Yvette Slosch
B Positive
2020
as Norma
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2020
as Self - Performer
On Broadway
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
2019
as Flora
Girls Weekend
2019
as Marie
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
as Self
9JKL
2017
as Judy
Room 104
2017
as Enid
Brockmire
2017
as Lorraine
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
as Millicent
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
as Isabelle
Manhattan Night
2016
as Norma
The Intern
2015
as Patty
A Short History of Decay
2014
as Sandy Fisher
Sean Saves the World
2013
as Lorna
Mom
2013
as Phyllis
Wanderlust
2012
as Shari
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Gertie (voice)
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Helen (voice)
The Back-Up Plan
2010
as Nana
The Good Wife
2009
as F. Joy Grubick
At Home in Utopia
2008
as Self - Narrator
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Bones
2005
as Judge Michael
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
The O.C.
2003
as Sophie Cohen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Ursula Sussman
The Sopranos
1999
as Dr. Wendi Kobler
Conrad Bloom
1998
as Florie Bloom
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Best Friends for Life
1998
as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
The Ring
1996
as Ruth Liebman
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
1996
as Marilyn Killane
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Earline
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995
as Virginia Funicello
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Amanda Randolph
Whitewash
1994
as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Room for Two
1992
as Edie Kurland
The Sunset Gang
1991
as Herself - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
I Want to Go Home
1989
as Lena Apthrop
See You in the Morning
1989
as Sidney
Lena: My 100 Children
1987
as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
A Place to Call Home
1987
as Liz Gavin
Maricela
1986
as Mrs. Gannett
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
as Kermit's Doctor
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Another Woman's Child
1983
as Terry DeBray
Lily for President?
1982
as Alice Hyatt
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
as Nurse Joy Ufema
Linda in Wonderland
1980
as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
as Ellen Lissick
Like Mom, Like Me
1978
as Althea Gruen
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Alice
1976
as Alice Hyatt
Family
1976
as Annie Laurie Marshall
Barney Miller
1975
as Det. Janice Wentworth
The Morning After
1974
as Toni
The Great American Dream Machine
1971
as Herself
Damn Yankees
1967
as Gloria Thorpe
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee/Performer
Mid-Century Modern
as Sybil Schneiderman