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Lee Garlington
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Gold…
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Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls, Ronnie - the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including The West Wing, 7th Heaven, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also appeared in the sequels to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986). She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra (1986). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford. She was originally intended to play the lead female role in Seinfeld. She was the female regular in the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles", playing the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette. When the series was picked up, however, it was decided that having the female lead be from such a different social status compared to the rest of the cast would be unworkable, so the character of Claire was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes. In 2018, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.
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2026
Achiever
Movie
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2025
SEGAL
Movie Self
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2025
Electric Bloom
TV show Ethel
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2022
The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special
Movie Herself
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2021
Candy Coated Christmas
Movie Kim Winters
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2021
The Little Things
Movie Landlady
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2020
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
Movie Self - Actress
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2020
P-Valley
TV show Georgia Anne "Georgie" Batson
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2019
Dead to Me
TV show Nurse Francine
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2018
Christmas Harmony
Movie Debbie
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2017
House by the Lake
Movie Dr. Llywelyn
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2017
The Good Doctor
TV show Joan
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2017
Do You Take This Man
Movie Esther
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2016
Married by Christmas
Movie Bitsy Tate
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2016
Her Last Will
Movie Ruth
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2016
Band of Robbers
Movie Lt. Polly
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2015
The Magicians
TV show Dana
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2015
Safelight
Movie Dottie
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2014
Some Kind of Beautiful
Movie Wendy
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2014
Mockingbird
Movie Leonard's Mom
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2014
Stalker
TV show Diane Kindrick
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2014
The Extendables
Movie Paint
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2014
Extant
TV show Principal
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2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie Gummy
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2014
Sister
Movie Principal Jacobs
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2014
North Blvd
Movie Liz
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2013
Mistresses
TV show Eleanor
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2012
Emily Owens, M.D.
TV show Donna Fisher
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2012
Longmire
TV show Ruth
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2011
Suburgatory
TV show Dorothy
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2011
Friends with Benefits
TV show Billie
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2010
The Psycho Legacy
Movie Self
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2010
Good Luck Charlie
TV show Mrs. Krump
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2010
A Buddy Story
Movie Susan's Mom
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2009
FlashForward
TV show Carlene
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2009
Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith
Movie Jane Burns
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2009
Southland
TV show Cathleen Kerik
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2009
Prayers for Bobby
Movie Psychologist
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2009
Lie to Me
TV show Mrs. Walker
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2008
Childrens Hospital
TV show Geraldine Peters
