---
name: "Linda Lavin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linda-lavin"
fi1m_id: "linda-lavin"
imdb_id: "nm0492089"
tmdb_id: 113223
wikidata_id: "Q468443"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 October 1937"
died: "29 December 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:01:56.845081+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Linda Lavin

## Identity

Linda Lavin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/linda-lavin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** linda-lavin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0492089
- **TMDB ID:** 113223
- **Wikidata ID:** Q468443
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lavin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113223

Actor. Born 15 October 1937 in Portland, Maine, USA. Died 29 December 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 October 1937, Portland, Maine, USA
- **Died:** 29 December 2024
- **Also known as:** لیندا لاوین
- **Golden Globes:** 3 Golden Globes (3 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lavin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113223

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Being the Ricardos*](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md) (61)

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## Biography

Linda Lavin (1937–2024) was an American actress and singer. She trained at the College of William & Mary and began her career in the late 1950s with the Compass Players before making her Broadway debut in the 1960s.

She gained prominence on stage with roles in *It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman* (1966) and *Last of the Red Hot Lovers* (1970), and won a Tony Award for *Broadway Bound* (1987). On television she starred as the title character in the sitcom *Alice* (1976–1985). Her film credits include *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984) and *Being the Ricardos* (2021), in which she played Older Madelyn Pugh.

Lavin received further Tony nominations for *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1998), *The Tale of the Allergist's Wife* (2001) and *Collected Stories* (2010). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), Fi1m 61, as Older Madelyn Pugh — [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *One Big Happy Family* (2025), as Lenore
- *Mid-Century Modern* (2025), series, as Sybil Schneiderman
- *No Good Deed* (2024), series, as Phyllis Adelman
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Gloria
- *Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules* (2022), as Barb (voice)
- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), as Older Madelyn Pugh — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)
- *Naked Singularity* (2021), as Judge Cymbeline
- *Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch* (2021), as Yvette Slosch
- *B Positive* (2020), series, as Norma
- *Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase* (2019), as Flora
- *Girls Weekend* (2019), as Marie
- *9JKL* (2017), series, as Judy
- *Room 104* (2017), series, as Enid
- *Brockmire* (2017), series, as Lorraine
- *How to Be a Latin Lover* (2017), as Millicent
- *Bakery in Brooklyn* (2016), as Isabelle
- *Manhattan Night* (2016), as Norma
- *The Intern* (2015), as Patty
- *A Short History of Decay* (2014), as Sandy Fisher
- *Sean Saves the World* (2013), series, as Lorna
- *Mom* (2013), series, as Phyllis
- *Wanderlust* (2012), as Shari
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Gertie (voice), Helen (voice)
- *The Back-Up Plan* (2010), as Nana
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as F. Joy Grubick — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays* (2006), as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Connie LaMontagne — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Judge Michael — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch* (2005), as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as Sophie Cohen
- *Collected Stories* (2002), as Ruth Steiner
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Ursula Sussman
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Dr. Wendi Kobler — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Conrad Bloom* (1998), series, as Florie Bloom
- *Best Friends for Life* (1998), as Sarah "Coop" Cooper
- *The Ring* (1996), as Ruth Liebman
- *For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal* (1996), as Marilyn Killane
- *Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden* (1996), as Earline
- *A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story* (1995), as Virginia Funicello
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Amanda Randolph
- *Whitewash* (1994), as Ms. Steunberg (voice)
- *Room for Two* (1992), series, as Edie Kurland
- *I Want to Go Home* (1989), as Lena Apthrop
- *See You in the Morning* (1989), as Sidney
- *Lena: My 100 Children* (1987), as Lena Kuchler-Silberman
- *A Place to Call Home* (1987), as Liz Gavin · Executive Producer
- *Maricela* (1986), as Mrs. Gannett
- *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), as Kermit's Doctor
- *Another Woman's Child* (1983), as Terry DeBray · Co-Producer
- *Lily for President?* (1982), as Alice Hyatt
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1981), as Nurse Joy Ufema
- *The $5.20 an Hour Dream* (1980), as Ellen Lissick
- *Like Mom, Like Me* (1978), as Althea Gruen
- *Kaz* (1978), series, as Helen 'Frenchy' Russo
- *Alice* (1976), series, as Alice Hyatt · Director
- *Family* (1976), series, as Annie Laurie Marshall
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Det. Janice Wentworth
- *Harry O* (1974), series, as Alice
- *Rhoda* (1974), series, as Linda Monroe
- *The Morning After* (1974), as Toni
- *Damn Yankees* (1967), as Gloria Thorpe
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Carol Brandt

## Gallery

- ![Linda Lavin and husband Steve Bakunas at Kennedy Center, June 19, 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-d15190f1ed5b.jpg) Linda Lavin and husband Steve Bakunas at Kennedy Center, June 19, 2011. — JeanColumbia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lavin_Follies.jpg/1280px-Lavin_Follies.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of Linda Lavin as the titular character from the television program Alice. (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-1a8afe9a6673.jpg) Publicity photo of Linda Lavin as the titular character from the television program Alice. (1976) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Linda_Lavin_1976_Alice_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Linda Lavin](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-8533e02f9e3c.jpg) Linda Lavin — Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Linda_Lavin_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Linda Lavin in 2014](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-ee5c93ce90f7.jpg) Linda Lavin in 2014 — Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Linda_Lavin_in_2014.jpg/1280px-Linda_Lavin_in_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Lavin](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-413666368514.jpg) Linda Lavin — Image via TMDB
- ![L. to R. : Paul Sand, Linda Lavin & Bill McCutcheon in the Off-Broadway's revue Wet Paint - publicity still (cropped) (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/4199288/gallery-b001a447d309.jpg) L. to R. : Paul Sand, Linda Lavin & Bill McCutcheon in the Off-Broadway's revue Wet Paint - publicity still (cropped) (1965) — Friedman-Abeles Studio, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Paul_Sand-Linda_Lavin-Bill_McCutcheon_in_Wet_Paint.jpg/1280px-Paul_Sand-Linda_Lavin-Bill_McCutcheon_in_Wet_Paint.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 3 won

- 1980: Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won), for *Alice*
- 1979: Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won), for *Alice*
- 1978: Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won), for *Alice*

### Other awards — 3 won, 5 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2012: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2010: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2001: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1998: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 1995: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1987: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1970: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Theatre World Award 1965: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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