Linda Lavin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-10-15 (87 years old)

Deathday

2024-12-29

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

Linda Lavin

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...

Acting

1984

The Muppets Take Manhattan

as Kermit's Doctor

2008

At Home in Utopia

as Self - Narrator

2010

1989

I Want to Go Home

as Lena Apthrop

2005

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)

1996

The Ring

as Ruth Liebman

1987

1982

Lily for President?

as Alice Hyatt

2019

On Broadway

as Self (archive footage)

2014

1980

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

as Ellen Lissick

2016

1983

Another Woman's Child

as Terry DeBray

1994

Whitewash

as Ms. Steunberg (voice)

1991

The Sunset Gang

as Herself - Host

2015

The Intern

as Patty

2012

Wanderlust

as Shari

2016

2017

1987

Lena: My 100 Children

as Lena Kuchler-Silberman

1998

Best Friends for Life

as Sarah "Coop" Cooper

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")

1978

Like Mom, Like Me

as Althea Gruen

2019

2021

Naked Singularity

as Judge Cymbeline

1967

Damn Yankees

as Gloria Thorpe

1986

Maricela

as Mrs. Gannett

1981

A Matter of Life and Death

as Nurse Joy Ufema

1980

Linda in Wonderland

as Herself/Alice Hyatt/Sam Butler

2021

Being the Ricardos

as Older Madelyn Pugh

Production

1987

A Place to Call Home

as Executive Producer

1983

Another Woman's Child

as Co-Producer

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