Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 โ December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010. She made her television debut in Rhoda and had a recurring role in Barney Miller (1975โ1976). She gained notoriety for playing the title role of a waitress at a roadside diner in the CBS sitcom Alice (1976โ1985), a role for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Lavin was married three times. ๐Her first marriage to Ron Leibman ended in divorce in 1981. ๐Her second marriage, to Kip Niven, whom she met on the set of Alice, ended in a bitter divorce in 1992. While Lavin had no biological children, she was the stepmother of Jim and Kate Niven, the children of her second husband, and played an active role in their lives and also in the lives of her grandchildren. ๐She married the love of her life, Steve Bakunas, in 2005. The couple resided in Wilmington, North Carolina. Both of her former husbands, Niven and Leibman, died in 2019, as did Alice co-stars Philip McKeon and Charles Levin. ๐ฅLavin died from complications of lung cancer on December 29, 2024, at the age of 87.
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