Linda Lavin

Acting

Born 1937-10-15 Died 2024-12-29 Portland, Maine, USA 83 credits Golden Globe Awards 3 Tony Awards 1 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 1 Theatre World Award 1

Awards

Won 3 Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards 3 won

1980 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Alice
1979 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Alice
1978 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Alice

Tony Awards 1 won · 5 nominated

2012 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
2010 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
2001 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
1998 Best Featured Actress in a Play Nominated
1987 Best Actress in a Play Won
1970 Best Featured Actress in a Play Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1 won

— Outstanding Actress in a Play Won

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 1 won

1995 Outstanding Lead Actress Won

Theatre World Award 1 won

1965 Theatre World Award Won

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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.