Linda Lavin
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.
82 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 82
Criminal Minds
2005
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Sopranos
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2009
Bob's Burgers
2011
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Mom
2013
Great Performances
1971
Hollywood Squares
1998
The O.C.
2003
Barney Miller
1975
Elsbeth
2024
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Alice
1976
Intimate Portrait
1993
Rhoda
1974
Reading Rainbow
1983
Harry O
1974
Room 104
2017
The Intern
2015
Family
1976
The Muppet Show
1976
Brockmire
2017
CBS Playhouse
1966
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
B Positive
2020
No Good Deed
2024
Kaz
1978
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Mid-Century Modern
2025
9JKL
2017
Sean Saves the World
2013
The Great American Dream Machine
1971
Conrad Bloom
1998
Room for Two
1992
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Back-Up Plan
2010
Wanderlust
2012
Naked Singularity
2021
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Manhattan Night
2016
Being the Ricardos
2021
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
2019
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
On Broadway
2019
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
See You in the Morning
1989
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
A Short History of Decay
2014
Lily for President?
1982
The Ring
1996
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995
I Want to Go Home
1989
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
Best Friends for Life
1998
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
1996
Lena: My 100 Children
1987
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
Damn Yankees
1967
A Place to Call Home
1987
Another Woman's Child
1983
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
The Morning After
1974
The Sunset Gang
1991
Like Mom, Like Me
1978
One Big Happy Family
2025
Girls Weekend
2019
Whitewash
1994
Linda in Wonderland
1980
Maricela
1986
At Home in Utopia
2008
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
2021