Biography
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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Filmography
all 71
Movies 44
TV Shows 27
self 17
Voice 2
Director 1
Elsbeth (2024)
100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Naked Singularity (2021)
B Positive (2020)
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020)
On Broadway (2019)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
Girls Weekend (2019)
Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)
9JKL (2017)
Room 104 (2017)
Brockmire (2017)
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
Manhattan Night (2016)
The Intern (2015)
A Short History of Decay (2014)
Sean Saves the World (2013)
Mom (2013)
Wanderlust (2012)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
The Back-Up Plan (2010)
The Good Wife (2009)
At Home in Utopia (2008)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
Bones (2005)
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Sopranos (1999)
Conrad Bloom (1998)
Hollywood Squares (1998)
Best Friends for Life (1998)
The Ring (1996)
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996)
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
Whitewash (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Room for Two (1992)
The Sunset Gang (1991)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
I Want to Go Home (1989)
See You in the Morning (1989)
Lena: My 100 Children (1987)
A Place to Call Home (1987)
Maricela (1986)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Another Woman's Child (1983)
Lily for President? (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
A Matter of Life and Death (1981)
Linda in Wonderland (1980)
The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980)
Like Mom, Like Me (1978)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Alice (1976)
Family (1976)
Barney Miller (1975)
The Morning After (1974)
The Great American Dream Machine (1971)
Damn Yankees (1967)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Tony Awards (1956)
Flour Babies
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
No Good Deed
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1937-10-15 (86 years old)
Birth PlacePortland, Maine, United States of America
RelationshipsKip Niven (1982-08-22 - 1992-07-02), Ron Leibman (1969-09-07 - 1981-08-04)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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