Lee Garlington

Who is Lee Garlington?

Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington is an American actress.

Garlington was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. 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, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Lie to Me and among other series. She also played the part of Kirsten, Rose Nylund's daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls and Ronni, the mistress of Joey Tribianni's father on Friends. From 2002 to 2005 She had a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny.

She also appeared in the sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II in 1983 and its successor, Psycho III in 1986. The same year she starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra. In the 1992 film Sneakers she played Dr. Elena Rhyzkov a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford.

Garlington was originally intended for 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 there was no need for a regular female waitress, so Garlington's role was dropped, and she did not re-appear. On the September 2, 2011 episode of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, guest Jason Alexander stated that Garlington made certain unwelcome suggestions to show co-creator Larry David and that her role was dropped because of her suggestions.