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Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) 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 the sitcom ''Barney Miller'' before getting the title role in hit comedy ''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'' (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'' in 2013 as Lorna.
== Early life and career ==
Lavin was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Lucille (née Potter), an opera singer, and David J. Lavin, a businessman;〔("Linda Lavin Biography" ). FilmReference.com, accessed October 15, 2010〕 The Lavin family were active members of the local area Jewish community. 〔("Jewish Woman's Archive - Linda Lavin" ). JWA.org, accessed July 11, 2014.〕 Her family was musically talented, and Lavin has been onstage since the age of five. She attended Waynflete School before enrolling in the College of William and Mary. Upon her graduation from William and Mary,〔Embry, Ingerline Voosen.("Linda Lavin biography" ) Jewish Women's Archive, retrieved October 15, 2010〕 she had already received her Actors' Equity Association card. She was a member of the Compass Players in the late 1950s.〔Yearwood, Pauline Dubkin. ("In the beginning: As Second City marks 50 years, a look at its Jewish founders and Jewish stars" ). Chicagojewishnews.com, December 11, 2009〕 By the early 1960s, Lavin had appeared in several Broadway shows and appeared on the 1966 cast recordings of ''The Mad Show'' performing Stephen Sondheim's "The Boy From...". From ''It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman'', one of her numbers, "You've Got Possibilities," was the album's best-received song and was called "The one memorable song...flirty, syncopated" by the ''Dallas Observer''.〔Liner, Elaine. (Superman Musical, You Don't Need X-Ray Vision To See Deeper Themes" ). ''Dallas Observer'', July 1, 2010〕
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