Linda Lavin
Age: N/A | From: Portland, Maine, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: لیندا لاوین
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Portland, Maine, USA
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Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Bones
(2005) Judge Michael
The Sopranos
(1999) Dr. Wendi Kobler
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Ursula Sussman
The Good Wife
(2009) F. Joy Grubick
Hollywood Squares
(1998) Self - Panelist
The O.C.
(2003) Sophie Cohen
Reading Rainbow
(1983) Herself - Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - NomineeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Phyllis | |
| Gloria | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2022 | Barb (voice) | |
| 2021 | Older Madelyn Pugh | |
| Judge Cymbeline | ||
| Yvette Slosch | ||
| 2020 | Norma | |
| Self - Performer | ||
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Flora | ||
| Marie | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| 2017 | Judy | |
| Enid | ||
| Lorraine | ||
| Millicent | ||
| 2016 | Isabelle | |
| Norma | ||
| 2015 | Patty | |
| 2014 | Sandy Fisher | |
| 2013 | Lorna | |
| Phyllis | ||
| 2012 | Shari | |
| 2011 | Gertie (voice) | |
| Helen (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Nana | |
| 2009 | F. Joy Grubick | |
| 2008 | Self - Narrator | |
| 2006 | Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife") | |
| 2005 | Judge Michael | |
| The Allergist's Wife (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Sophie Cohen | |
| 2001 | Ursula Sussman | |
| 1999 | Dr. Wendi Kobler | |
| 1998 | Florie Bloom | |
| Self - Panelist | ||
| Sarah "Coop" Cooper | ||
| 1996 | Ruth Liebman | |
| Marilyn Killane | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Earline | ||
| 1995 | Virginia Funicello | |
| 1994 | Amanda Randolph | |
| Ms. Steunberg (voice) | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| 1992 | Edie Kurland | |
| 1991 | Herself - Host | |
| 1990 | Self | |
| 1989 | Lena Apthrop | |
| Sidney | ||
| 1987 | Lena Kuchler-Silberman | |
| Liz Gavin | ||
| 1986 | Mrs. Gannett | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| 1984 | Kermit's Doctor | |
| 1983 | Herself - Narrator (voice) | |
| Terry DeBray | ||
| 1982 | Alice Hyatt | |
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Nurse Joy Ufema | |
| 1980 | Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler | |
| Ellen Lissick | ||
| 1978 | Althea Gruen | |
| 1976 | Self - Special Guest Star | |
| Alice Hyatt | ||
| Annie Laurie Marshall | ||
| 1975 | Det. Janice Wentworth | |
| 1974 | Toni | |
| 1971 | Herself | |
| 1967 | Gloria Thorpe | |
| 1961 | Self - Co-Host | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Nominee | ||
| Sybil Schneiderman | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Executive Producer | |
| 1983 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |