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Linda Lavin Dies: ‘Alice’ Star & Tony-Winning Broadway Actor Was 87
Linda Lavin, known for her role in the sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning turn in the 1986 play Broadway Bound, died Dec. 29. She was 87.
Linda Lavin, the beloved veteran stage and TV actress known for her Emmy-nominated role in the 1976 sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning performance in the 1986 play Broadway Bound, died today, Dec. 29. A former child stage actor, Lavin started her Broadway career in the 1960s, appearing in the musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman and the play Last of the Red Hot Lovers, which earned her the first of six Tony Award nominations in 1970. “ Alice was one of the many sitcoms that made me fall in love with television; I was eight years old and watched every episode,” said 9JKL executive producer Aaron Kaplan.
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