
Linda Lavin
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984

At Home in Utopia
2008

The Back-Up Plan
2010

I Want to Go Home
1989

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005

The Ring
1996

A Place to Call Home
1987

Lily for President?
1982

On Broadway
2019

See You in the Morning
1989

A Short History of Decay
2014

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022

The Morning After
1974

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Manhattan Night
2016

Another Woman's Child
1983

Whitewash
1994

For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
1996

The Sunset Gang
1991

The Intern
2015

Wanderlust
2012

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Bakery in Brooklyn
2016

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995

How to Be a Latin Lover
2017

Best Friends for Life
1998

Lena: My 100 Children
1987

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
2019

Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006

Like Mom, Like Me
1978

Girls Weekend
2019

Naked Singularity
2021

Damn Yankees
1967

Maricela
1986

A Matter of Life and Death
1981

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996

Linda in Wonderland
1980

Being the Ricardos
2021

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch
2021

One Big Happy Family
2025

Alice
1976

Conrad Bloom
1998

Brockmire
2017

The Muppet Show
1976

Room for Two
1992

Sean Saves the World
2013

Family
1976

Bob's Burgers
2011

The Good Wife
2009

Intimate Portrait
1993

Mom
2013

100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023

B Positive
2020

9JKL
2017

Hollywood Squares
1998

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Bob's Burgers
2011

Reading Rainbow
1983

The Sopranos
1999

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Elsbeth
2024

The Great American Dream Machine
1971

Bones
2005

Barney Miller
1975

Touched by an Angel
1994

Room 104
2017

The O.C.
2003

Mid-Century Modern
2025

Kaz
1978

Rhoda
1974

Harry O
1974

Great Performances
1971

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Criminal Minds
2005

No Good Deed
2024

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956