Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt on Alice.

Linda Lavin (born in Portland, Oregon on October 15, 1937) is a Jewish-American singer and actress of stage, film, and television. Linda Lavin from Alice. ... Linda Lavin from Alice. ... Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert In music a singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ...

Daughter to operatic soprano Lucille Potter Lavin, Linda Lavin has been onstage since the age of 5. Upon her graduation from the College of William and Mary she left for New York, By the early 1960s Lavin made a name for herself on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination in 1969 for Last of the Red Hot Lovers. She appeared in a number of Broadwayproductions, including A Family Affair (play), The Riot Act (play), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (play), "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman". Her off-Broadway credits from this period include Wet Paint (play), for which she won a 1965 Theatre World Award, and The MAD Show, a musical revue based upon select MAD Magazine content. Lavin appeared on the cast recordings of The Mad Show (on which her performance of Stephen Sondheim's "The_Boy_From..." gained note) and "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman" (from which one of her numbers, "You've Got Possibilities," was the album's best-received song). Lavin's performance in the off-Broadway Little Murders earnd her Best Actress Outer Critics and Saturday Review awards. The College of William and Mary The College of William and Mary in Virginia is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States (after Harvard). ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... A cast recording or original cast recording is a recording of a musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. ... The Mad Show is a successful off-Broadway musical revue based on Mad Magazine. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... The Boy From. ...

In 1967, Lavin made her first film appearance as Gloria Thorpe in a version of the musical Damn Yankess. She returned to the New York stage for Broadway roles in Something Different (play), Cop-Out (play), Paul Sills' Story Theater, and The Enemy is Dead. In 1969, Lavin married actor Ron Leibman, and by 1973 the couple was off to Hollywood. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Wide eyed actor Ron Leibman was born in 1937. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... ...

After guest appearances on a television series called The Nurses and the The Mary Tyler Moore Show spin-off Rhoda, Lavin appeared as a regular throughout the first and second seasons of Barney Miller. She left Barney Miller to star in her own show, a CBS sitcom based upon the Martin Scorcese-directed Ellen Burstyn cinematic vehicle Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Lavin portrayed the Burstyn role of Alice Hyatt in Alice from 1976 to 1985. The theme song, "New Girl in Town," was always sung by Lavin, though the song was updated for each of the first six seasons. Throughout the series' nine seasons Lavin earned two Golden Globe awards and an Emmy nomination, as well as a great deal of experience directing, especially during the later seasons. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Barney Miller was a comedy television series set in a New York City police station. ... Barney Miller was a comedy television series set in a New York City police station. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American film director. ... Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an Irish-American actress. ... Alice is a 1974 film which tells the story of a widow who moves with her young son to Tucson, Arizona to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a diner. ... Alice title card Principal character Alice Hyatt, played by Linda Lavin. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Throughout her Alice years, Lavin was at one time the highest-paid actress on television. She made numerous television appearances outside of her sitcom, including participating in the second installment of the original Battle of the Network Stars, hosting her own holiday special, Linda in Wonderland, and appearing in films and telefilms. During the Alice years she acted in the telefilms Like Mom, Like Me, The $5.20 an Hour Dream, A Matter of Life and Death, Another Woman's Child, and other, as well as the classic feature The Muppets Take Manhattan. Battle of the Network Stars was the name of a number of U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC. The ABC specials were first broadcast in November 1976, with subsequent episodes airing... Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film... Bomber pilot Peter Carter (David Niven), washed up on a strange beach. ... The Muppets Take Manhattan DVD cover The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ...

In 1981, Lavin and husband Liebman divorced. In 1982, Lavin married Kip Niven and helped raise Niven's two children, Jim and Kate. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After Alice, Lavin was seen in the telefilms Maricella, A Place to Call Home, and Lena: My 100 Children. During this time period she also returned to Broadway, winning the 1987 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In 1989, Lavin appeared in the features See You in the Morning and I Want to Go Home. On Broadway her individualistic portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy was critically acclaimed. Alice title card Principal character Alice Hyatt, played by Linda Lavin. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ...

After directing the telefilm Flour Babies, she and Patricia Heaton headlined a [1992]] mother-daughter sitcom called Room for Two which flopped. Lavin then appeared on Broadway in The Sisters Rosenweig and off-Broadway in Death Defying Acts (for which she won two awards, a Best Actress Obie and the Lucille Lortel Award, as well as a 1995 Drama Desk Award nomination) and Cakewalk. Patricia Heatons red hair has become something of a trademark for her. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... Cakewalk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in the US South. ...

In 1997, Lavin founded The Linda Lavin Arts Foundation in Wilmington, North Carolina, and lives in Wilmington and New York City. She teaches master classes in Wilmington and at New York University in acting and singing for the stage. When in Wilmington, she often directs for the stage. One of her directorial credits there is an innovative 1998 production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It performed in a Brazilian jazz style. 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other places called Wilmington, see Wilmington Wilmington is a city located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. ... The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Scene from As you like it, Francis Hayman, c. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...

In 2004, she introduced herself to another generation of television viewers when she guest-starred on The O.C. as the mother of Peter Gallagher's character. She took a turn at both comedic and dramatic acting, as her character abruptly blurted out that she was dying from lung cancer. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The O.C. is an American television dramedy/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network. ... Peter Gallagher At i Cucini Restaurant, Santa Monica. ...

External links

• Linda Lavin at the Internet Movie Database
• Yahoo Movie bio page