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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 15, 1937
Died
December 29, 2024
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Also Known As
- لیندا لاوین
Linda Lavin
1.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
0.0
Lenore
One Big Happy Family
2025
5.8
Sybil Schneiderman
Mid-Century Modern
2025
6.4
Phyllis Adelman
No Good Deed
2024
6.9
Gloria
Elsbeth
2024
7.7
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
6.8
Barb (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
6.5
Older Madelyn Pugh
Being the Ricardos
2021
4.6
Judge Cymbeline
Naked Singularity
2021
🎬
0.0
Yvette Slosch
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
2021
6.4
Norma
B Positive
2020
Credits
One Big Happy Family
as Lenore
2025
0.0
Mid-Century Modern
as Sybil Schneiderman
2025
5.8
No Good Deed
as Phyllis Adelman
2024
6.4
Elsbeth
as Gloria
2024
6.9
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
7.7
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Barb (voice)
2022
6.8
Being the Ricardos
as Older Madelyn Pugh
2021
6.5
Naked Singularity
as Judge Cymbeline
2021
4.6
🎬
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
as Yvette Slosch
2021
0.0
B Positive
as Norma
2020
6.4
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.7
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Flora
2019
6.4
Girls Weekend
as Marie
2019
0.5
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
2018
7.3
9JKL
as Judy
2017
6.2
Room 104
as Enid
2017
5.7
Brockmire
as Lorraine
2017
6.8
How to Be a Latin Lover
as Millicent
2017
6.9
Bakery in Brooklyn
as Isabelle
2016
5.2
Manhattan Night
as Norma
2016
5.9
The Intern
as Patty
2015
7.2
A Short History of Decay
as Sandy Fisher
2014
5.2
Sean Saves the World
as Lorna
2013
5.7
Mom
as Phyllis
2013
7.3
Wanderlust
as Shari
2012
5.5
Bob's Burgers
as Gertie (voice)
2011
7.8
Bob's Burgers
as Helen (voice)
2011
7.8
The Back-Up Plan
as Nana
2010
6.1
The Good Wife
as F. Joy Grubick
2009
7.6
At Home in Utopia
as Self - Narrator
2008
0.0
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
2006
0.0
Criminal Minds
as Connie LaMontagne
2005
8.3
Bones
as Judge Michael
2005
8.2
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
2005
5.7
The O.C.
as Sophie Cohen
2003
7.8
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Ursula Sussman
2001
7.6
The Sopranos
as Dr. Wendi Kobler
1999
8.6
Conrad Bloom
as Florie Bloom
1998
0.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Best Friends for Life
as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
1998
0.0
The Ring
as Ruth Liebman
1996
5.2
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
as Marilyn Killane
1996
6.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Earline
1996
0.0
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
as Virginia Funicello
1995
4.0
Touched by an Angel
as Amanda Randolph
1994
7.2
Whitewash
as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
1994
6.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Room for Two
as Edie Kurland
1992
8.2
The Sunset Gang
as Herself - Host
1991
0.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
I Want to Go Home
as Lena Apthrop
1989
4.8
See You in the Morning
as Sidney
1989
5.9
Lena: My 100 Children
as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
1987
7.0
🎬
A Place to Call Home
as Liz Gavin
1987
7.0
Maricela
as Mrs. Gannett
1986
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Kermit's Doctor
1984
6.6
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Another Woman's Child
as Terry DeBray
1983
0.0
Lily for President?
as Alice Hyatt
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
A Matter of Life and Death
as Nurse Joy Ufema
1981
0.0
Linda in Wonderland
as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
1980
0.0
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
as Ellen Lissick
1980
0.0
Like Mom, Like Me
as Althea Gruen
1978
0.0
Kaz
as Helen 'Frenchy' Russo
1978
5.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Alice
as Alice Hyatt
1976
7.1
Family
as Annie Laurie Marshall
1976
7.2
Barney Miller
as Det. Janice Wentworth
1975
7.3
Harry O
as Alice
1974
4.6
Rhoda
as Linda Monroe
1974
6.2
The Morning After
as Toni
1974
6.5
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The Great American Dream Machine
as Herself
1971
0.0
Damn Yankees
as Gloria Thorpe
1967
4.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer/Winner
1956
5.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2