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Linda Lavin

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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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

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 Helen (voice)

Bob's Burgers

2011

as Gertie (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 archival footage (The Allergist's Wife)

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

No Good Deed

as Phyllis

Mid-Century Modern

as Sybil Schneiderman