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Lee Garlington

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.

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American Pie 2

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Stranger Inside

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Six Feet Under

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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Strong Medicine

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Boys and Girls

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The West Wing

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Judging Amy

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1999

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Will & Grace

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Maximum Bob

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Driven

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1998

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Virtual Obsession

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1998

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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The Practice

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The Babysitter

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1994

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1994

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1994

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1990

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1990

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1990

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1989

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1989

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1987

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1986

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1986

as Nancy Stalk

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1985

as Kirsten Adams

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1985

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as Sales Girl

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1984

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1983

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1983

as Myrna

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1982

as Beth Davis

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1981

Hill Street Blues

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1981

Segal

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