Linda Lavin
Theater Actor
1937 –
Who is Linda Lavin?
Linda Lavin is an American singer and actress. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She began acting 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 in Last of the Red Hot Lovers in 1970. She moved to Hollywood in 1973 and began to work in television, making recurring appearances on Barney Miller before getting the title role in Alice, which ran from 1976 to 1985. She appeared in many telefilms and later in other TV work. She has also had roles in several feature films.
In 1987, she returned to Broadway, starring in Broadway Bound, Gypsy, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Diary of Anne Frank and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, 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 in 2013 as Lorna.
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- Born
- Oct 15, 1937
Portland - Also known as
- Лавин, Линда
- Parents
- Spouses
- Steve Bakunas
(2005/02/14 - ) - Kip Niven
(1982/08/22 - 1992/07/02) - Ron Leibman
(1969/09/07 - 1981/08/04)
- Steve Bakunas
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- College of William & Mary
- Lived in
- Portland
- Wilmington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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