Linda Lavin
Acting
1937-10-15 · Portland, Maine, USA
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.
Filmography
One Big Happy Family
2025 · Movie
Mid-Century Modern
2025 · Series
No Good Deed
2024 · Series
Elsbeth
2024 · Series
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Movie
Being the Ricardos
2021 · Movie
Naked Singularity
2021 · Movie
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
2021 · Movie
B Positive
2020 · Series
On Broadway
2019 · Movie
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
2019 · Movie
Girls Weekend
2019 · Movie
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018 · Movie
9JKL
2017 · Series
Room 104
2017 · Series
Brockmire
2017 · Series
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017 · Movie
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016 · Movie
Manhattan Night
2016 · Movie
The Intern
2015 · Movie
A Short History of Decay
2014 · Movie
Sean Saves the World
2013 · Series
Mom
2013 · Series
Wanderlust
2012 · Movie
Bob's Burgers
2011 · Series
The Back-Up Plan
2010 · Movie
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
At Home in Utopia
2008 · Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
Bones
2005 · Series
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005 · Movie
The O.C.
2003 · Series
Collected Stories
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
Conrad Bloom
1998 · Series
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
Best Friends for Life
1998 · Movie
The Ring
1996 · Movie
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996 · Movie
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Whitewash
1994 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Room for Two
1992 · Series
The Sunset Gang
1991 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
I Want to Go Home
1989 · Movie
See You in the Morning
1989 · Movie
Lena: My 100 Children
1987 · Movie
A Place to Call Home
1987 · Movie
Maricela
1986 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Another Woman's Child
1983 · Movie
Lily for President?
1982 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
A Matter of Life and Death
1981 · Movie
Linda in Wonderland
1980 · Movie
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980 · Movie
Like Mom, Like Me
1978 · Movie
Kaz
1978 · Series
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
Alice
1976 · Series
Family
1976 · Series
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
Harry O
1974 · Series
Rhoda
1974 · Series
The Morning After
1974 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Great American Dream Machine
1971 · Series
Damn Yankees
1967 · Movie
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series