Linda Lavin is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway.
Lavin in 2014
Beth Howland as Vera, Linda Lavin as Alice, and Polly Holliday as Flo on Alice (1976)
Lavin and her husband Steve Bakunas at the Kennedy Center, 2011
Alice (American TV series)
Alice is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed.
Season 8: Linda Lavin (Alice), Celia Weston (Jolene), and Beth Howland (Vera)
The waitresses at Mel's Diner from left: Vera (Beth Howland), Alice (Linda Lavin), Flo (Polly Holliday)
Mel's Diner in Phoenix, Arizona