Linda Lavin

Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010.

After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She made her television debut in ''Rhoda'' and had a recurring role in ''Barney Miller'' (1975–1976). She gained fame for playing the title role of a waitress at a roadside diner in the CBS sitcom ''Alice'' (1976–1985), a role for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy. She later starred in NBC's sitcom ''Sean Saves the World'' and the CBS sitcom ''9JKL'' and took recurring roles in the legal drama ''The Good Wife'' (2014–2015) and the sitcom ''B Positive'' (2020–2022).

On stage, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play playing a strong-willed mother in the Neil Simon play ''Broadway Bound'' (1987). She was Tony-nominated for her roles in ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'' (1970), ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1998), ''The Tale of the Allergist's Wife'' (2001), ''Collected Stories'' (2010), and ''The Lyons'' (2012). She is also known for acting in ''It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman'' (1966), ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' (1967), ''Gypsy'' (1990), ''The Sisters Rosensweig'' (1993), and ''Follies'' (2011). She made her film debut in ''Damn Yankees!'' (1967) and later had roles in ''The Morning After'' (1974), ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984), ''I Want to Go Home'' (1989), and ''Being the Ricardos'' (2021). Provided by Wikipedia