Linda Lavin
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1937-10-15 (87 years old)
Place of Birth Portland, Maine, USA
Linda Lavin
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Lavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Sybil Schneiderman
as Phyllis
as Gloria
as Self
as Barb (voice)
as Older Madelyn Pugh
as Judge Cymbeline
as Yvette Slosch
as Self - Performer
as Norma
as Self (archive footage)
as Flora
as Marie
as Millicent
as Judy
as Enid
as Lorraine
as Isabelle
as Norma
as Patty
as Sandy Fisher
as Lorna
as Phyllis
as Shari
as Gertie (voice)
as Helen (voice)
as Nana
as F. Joy Grubick
as Self - Narrator
as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
as Judge Michael
as Sophie Cohen
as Ursula Sussman
as Dr. Wendi Kobler
as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
as Florie Bloom
as Self - Panelist
as Ruth Liebman
as Marilyn Killane
as Self - Guest
as Virginia Funicello
as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
as Amanda Randolph
as Self
as Edie Kurland
as Herself - Host
as Self
as Lena Apthrop
as Sidney
as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
as Liz Gavin
as Mrs. Gannett
as Self
as Kermit's Doctor
as Terry DeBray
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
as Alice Hyatt
as Self
as Nurse Joy Ufema
as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
as Ellen Lissick
as Althea Gruen
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Alice Hyatt
as Annie Laurie Marshall
as Det. Janice Wentworth
as Toni
as Herself
as Gloria Thorpe
as Self - Co-Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee/Performer
as Self - Winner
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer