
Linda Lavin
Acting
Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 - December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. She was 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.

One Big Happy Family
Lenore

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Barb (voice)

Being the Ricardos
Older Madelyn Pugh

Naked Singularity
Judge Cymbeline
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
Yvette Slosch

On Broadway
Self (archive footage)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Flora

Girls Weekend
Marie

Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self

How to Be a Latin Lover
Millicent

Bakery in Brooklyn
Isabelle

Manhattan Night
Norma

The Intern
Patty

A Short History of Decay
Sandy Fisher

Wanderlust
Shari

The Back-Up Plan
Nana

At Home in Utopia
Self - Narrator

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)

Best Friends for Life
Sarah "Coop" Cooper

The Ring
Ruth Liebman

For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
Marilyn Killane

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Earline

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Virginia Funicello

Whitewash
Ms. Steunberg (voice)

The Sunset Gang
Herself - Host

Night of 100 Stars III
Self

I Want to Go Home
Lena Apthrop

See You in the Morning
Sidney

Lena: My 100 Children
Lena Kuchler-Silberman
A Place to Call Home
Liz Gavin

Maricela
Mrs. Gannett

Night of 100 Stars II
Self

The Muppets Take Manhattan
Kermit's Doctor

Another Woman's Child
Terry DeBray

Lily for President?
Alice Hyatt

Night of 100 Stars
Self

A Matter of Life and Death
Nurse Joy Ufema

Linda in Wonderland
Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Ellen Lissick

Like Mom, Like Me
Althea Gruen

The Morning After
Toni

Damn Yankees
Gloria Thorpe







