Alice never worked here.

December 30, 2024 4:23 PM

'Linda Lavin, acclaimed star of sitcom 'Alice' dead at 87.' 'The award-winning performer most recently acted in Netflix’s "No Good Deed' and forthcoming Hulu series 'Mid-Century.''' Linda Lavin sings, ' I'm going to live till I die"
posted by clavdivs (24 comments total)

I love Lavin. If you can, find a video copy of Collected Stories by Donald Margulies, about a writer/teacher and her protegee. It was shown on PBS about 25 years ago and is remarkable.

RIP.
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posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 7:20 PM on December 30

(Oh, my goodness, 2N2222 - your comment made me wonder what Linda Lavin performances my library might have on hand, and I discovered that she read the audiobook of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's My Own Words.)

I used to love watching her on Alice. I think it was many years before I learned what a force she was on Broadway.

Thank you for posting this, clavdivs. I am glad of this chance to think about her and her excellent work.
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posted by evilDoug at 8:58 PM on December 30

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RIP. A terrific actress! I loved Alice the sitcom as a kid. Maybe it was how she portrayed a working mom. Mel was great to watch each week too. It was Flo (I think) who said "Kiss my grits" which to this teen was a great way to curse without cursing.

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(All in memory of the many opening themes for Alice she re-recorded each season, each of which got progressively jazzier and more difficult to sing. Seriously go check them out on YouTube.)
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posted by kitten kaboodle at 2:28 PM on December 31

She had a great and sadly too brief run on Barney Miller too -- I believed they hoped to make her a regular, but she already had _Alice_ in her sights.
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