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Linda Lavin
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 perfor…
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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.
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2025
One Big Happy Family
Movie Lenore
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2025
Mid-Century Modern
TV show Sybil Schneiderman
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2024
No Good Deed
TV show Phyllis Adelman
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2024
Elsbeth
TV show Gloria
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2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV show Self
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2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Movie Barb (voice)
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2021
Being the Ricardos
Movie Older Madelyn Pugh
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2021
Naked Singularity
Movie Judge Cymbeline
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2021
Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
Movie Yvette Slosch
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2020
B Positive
TV show Norma
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2019
On Broadway
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie Flora
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2019
Girls Weekend
Movie Marie
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2018
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie Self
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2017
9JKL
TV show Judy
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2017
Room 104
TV show Enid
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2017
Brockmire
TV show Lorraine
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2017
How to Be a Latin Lover
Movie Millicent
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2016
Bakery in Brooklyn
Movie Isabelle
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2016
Manhattan Night
Movie Norma
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2015
The Intern
Movie Patty
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2014
A Short History of Decay
Movie Sandy Fisher
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2013
Sean Saves the World
TV show Lorna
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2013
Mom
TV show Phyllis
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2012
Wanderlust
Movie Shari
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2011
Bob's Burgers
TV show Gertie (voice)
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2010
The Back-Up Plan
Movie Nana
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show F. Joy Grubick
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2008
At Home in Utopia
Movie Self - Narrator
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2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Connie LaMontagne
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2005
Bones
TV show Judge Michael
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2005
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Movie The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
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2003
The O.C.
TV show Sophie Cohen
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Ursula Sussman
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1999
The Sopranos
TV show Dr. Wendi Kobler
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1998
Conrad Bloom
TV show Florie Bloom
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1998
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self - Panelist
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1998
Best Friends for Life
Movie Sarah "Coop" Cooper
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1996
The Ring
Movie Ruth Liebman
