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

• Mid-Century Modern — Sybil Schneiderman
• 2025One Big Happy Family — Lenore
• Elsbeth — Gloria
• No Good Deed — Phyllis Adelman
• 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules — Barb (voice)
• 2021Being the Ricardos — Older Madelyn Pugh
• 2021Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch — Yvette Slosch
• 2021Naked Singularity — Judge Cymbeline
• B Positive — Norma
• 2019Girls Weekend — Marie
• 2019Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase — Flora
• 9JKL — Judy
• Brockmire — Lorraine
• 2017How to Be a Latin Lover — Millicent
• Room 104 — Enid
• 2016Bakery in Brooklyn — Isabelle
• 2016Manhattan Night — Norma
• 2015The Intern — Patty
• 2014A Short History of Decay — Sandy Fisher
• Mom — Phyllis
• Sean Saves the World — Lorna
• 2012Wanderlust — Shari
• Bob's Burgers — Gertie (voice), Helen (voice)
• 2010The Back-Up Plan — Nana
• The Good Wife — F. Joy Grubick
• 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays — Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
• Bones — Judge Michael
• Criminal Minds — Connie LaMontagne
• 2005The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch — The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
• The O.C. — Sophie Cohen
• 2002Collected Stories — Ruth Steiner
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Ursula Sussman
• The Sopranos — Dr. Wendi Kobler
• 1998Best Friends for Life — Sarah "Coop" Cooper
• Conrad Bloom — Florie Bloom
• 1996For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal — Marilyn Killane
• 1996Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden — Earline
• 1996The Ring — Ruth Liebman
• 1995A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story — Virginia Funicello
• Touched by an Angel — Amanda Randolph
• 1994Whitewash — Ms. Steunberg (voice)
• Room for Two — Edie Kurland
• 1989I Want to Go Home — Lena Apthrop
• 1989See You in the Morning — Sidney
• 1987A Place to Call Home — Liz Gavin, Executive Producer
• 1987Lena: My 100 Children — Lena Kuchler-Silberman
• 1986Maricela — Mrs. Gannett
• 1984The Muppets Take Manhattan — Kermit's Doctor
• 1983Another Woman's Child — Terry DeBray, Co-Producer
• 1982Lily for President? — Alice Hyatt
• 1981A Matter of Life and Death — Nurse Joy Ufema
• 1980Linda in Wonderland — Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler
• 1980The $5.20 an Hour Dream — Ellen Lissick
• Kaz — Helen 'Frenchy' Russo
• 1978Like Mom, Like Me — Althea Gruen
• Alice — Alice Hyatt, Director
• Family — Annie Laurie Marshall
• Barney Miller — Det. Janice Wentworth
• Harry O — Alice
• Rhoda — Linda Monroe
• 1974The Morning After — Toni
• 1967Damn Yankees — Gloria Thorpe
• CBS Playhouse — Carol Brandt

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 2019On Broadway — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Betty White: First Lady of Television — Self
• 2008At Home in Utopia — Self - Narrator
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1991The Sunset Gang — Herself - Host
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• American Playhouse — Self – Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• Great Performances — Self
• The Great American Dream Machine — Herself
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer / Winner, Self - Nominee / Performer
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Winner