Linda Lavin, the award-winning actress best known for starring in the beloved sitcom Alice, has died. She is 87 years old.
LaVine was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died Sunday from complications from the disease, a representative told The Associated Press.
She had been active in the weeks leading up to her death, appearing at the Los Angeles premiere of the Netflix series No Good Deed earlier this month.
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Linda Lavin is dead. The actress is 87 years old. (CBS via Getty Images)
Raven seemed to know from an early age that she was destined to be an actor, and moved to New York after college. Her first big break came in the Broadway musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…This is Superman.
In 1969, she received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in “The Last of Us.”
Linda Lavin and husband Steve Bakunas attend the Los Angeles premiere of “No Good Deeds” at the Tudum Theater on December 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
By the 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles, where she began working as a television actress. She appeared in an episode of “Rhoda” and then had a small role in “Barney Miller.”
In 1976, she was chosen to star in a new CBS sitcom based on Ellen Burstyn’s Oscar-winning waitress comedy-drama Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Alice Don’t Live Here Anymore).
The film’s title is shortened to “Alice,” in which Lavine plays Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother who takes her 12-year-old son to a roadside diner outside Phoenix. work to earn a living. The show aired from 1976 to 1985, with Raven singing the theme song “There’s a New Girl in Town.”
“Alice” cast from left to right: Polly Holliday as Florence Jean Castleberry; Vic Tayback as restaurateur Mel Sharples ); Philip McCann as Alice’s son Tommy; Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt; Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman. (Getty Images)
The show that turned “Kiss My Grits” into a catchphrase stars Polly Holliday as waitress Flo and Vic Tayback as Mel’s (Mel’s Diner) The gruff owner and chef.
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The show was a recurring fixture on CBS’s schedule for the first two seasons, but became a hit when “All in the Family” aired on Sunday nights in October 1977. Among the top ten dramas of its time period. Variety magazine named it one of the best workplace comedies of all time.
“Alice” is adapted from the Oscar-winning film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” (CBS via Getty Images)
After Alice ended, Laverne continued working in Hollywood, although she did return to Broadway for a while. In 1987, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress for her role in Neil Simon’s “Broadway.”
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In the years following the success of “Alice,” she played several roles on stage, including a performance in the 1990 musical “Gypsy.” A Brief Affair”.
Linda Lavin attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studios’ ‘Being The Ricardos’ at the Academy Film Museum on December 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Axel/Ball Griffin/FilmMagic)
Lavin continued to work until his death. In addition to her performance in “No Good Deed,” she also appeared in an episode of “Elsbeth” this year. Last year, she lent her voice to an episode of Bob’s Burgers.
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She was preceded in death by her husband, Steve Bakunas;
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
