Is Linda Lavin BROKE?

I'm guessing those implants cost her a fortune.

Maybe a change in venue...something smaller and more low key, to still be in the game...but not as stressful as Broadway?

I’m guessing her car broke down and she’s stuck there. She was just passing through, but if things work out she’s gonna stay a while.

R1 breast implants?

That photo needs to come with a trigger warning

Berkshire Bank is sponsor.

That's where the real money is, don't you know?

R4, gurl NO

look at those teefs

She's touring with Billy Stritch. It's an Arts Center. Decent sized venue.

What did you expect her to fill up, an arena?

R5 = Polly Holliday

Is this just part of an unlicensed remake of that Woody Allen movie September? I think that took place in VT

Maybe they thought she couldn't sell more than 4oo tickets. As for Billy Stritch - he was the accompanist for The Countess LuAnn's cabarets. Of course, the Countess could outdraw Lavin any day.

She worked steadily on CBS shows in recent years and I bet she’s doing okay.

Maybe she has a place up that way so is combining business and vacation,

Performing is an act of desperation?

[quote]A romantic and swinging collection of the Great American Song Book with some Brazilian and Steely Dan thrown in for dazzle!

Jesus wept.

Vermont is a lovely place to be...especially this time of year.

Why is she holding her hand to her head like that?

R16 She just realized she could have had a V8.

R16...She realized..."Oh! I could have had a V8!"

Echos here...lol!

In an attempt to look fabulous, R16.

She's part of Ezra Miller's cult.

What is the V8 reference?

her head looks weirdly photo-shopped onto her torso

I saw her at Goodwill last week. She was buying a pair of shoes, two TV trays and a baby doll nightie. I waved but I don't think she saw me.

[quote]What did you expect her to fill up, an arena?

Yes.

Poor Linda Lavin on assistance.

album cover.

The first set opens with a scat version of "Ten Cents a Dance"

That sounds shitty, R28.

No but she wants to perform and her manager told her it was MSG

Bomp-ity-bomp-boop-bomp...

If she sings "Moonlight in Vermont" I'm moving to Maine!

A gig is a gig.

Another album cover...

I see she's doing cheap community theater these days! Ha!

She sounds like shit.

Why the DL obsession with her? There are funner hags to troll on.

Bonnie Franklin's acclaimed sold-out concert at the same venue: "This Is It, Vermont!"

She's 84. Give her a break

A hip perhaps, r38?

How many DLers are going to be in that audience?

There's a decrepit, liver spotted face in the neighborhood.

Get ready, Vermont!

I'm gonna Ba-Bomp-Pomp-Pomp-PA in your toilets and your theaters!

Doing my act in Vermont South is my favorite sport ...

I have to get in and then get right out cos my runs so short ...

1st class roundtrip, hotel suite, transportation, free food and cash. What else does she have to do??

R45, she's a call girl on the side.

Please, she made bank with that crappy Lorre sitcom, B Positive, just like Jane Seymour Medicine Woman did. This is what happens when you have lots of cash and are compelled to find an audience.

Her life's mission is to bring scat to the less fortunate.

She’s hiding out in the mountains until her eyebrows grow back.

After a busy day tapping maples and/or skiing, there's nothing Vermonters love more than kicking back and listening to Linda yak about what a pioneer she was for pink-collar women everywhere and then listen one again to her rendition of the theme song of "Alice."

The Southern Vermont Community Center Today! The North Dakota Chamber of Commerce Community Festival tomorrow! The world is La Lavin's oyster.

There's a new girl in town!

There's something special about Linda Lavin that brings out the best in The Datalounge.

This thread has my rib well and truly tickled.

Linda looks like she is going to do a one woman show as Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

Linda turns 85 in a few days. Maybe this was her farewell concert tour ?

I can see her scatting on NYC street corners for coins.

How much money is she actually worth?

:Keep her away from Lauren Pazienza.

[quote]A romantic and swinging collection of the Great American Song Book with some Brazilian and Steely Dan thrown in for dazzle!

Aaaaaand aaaaaaaah haaam nehvahoooohah gah hoe in bah ha ha ha hack-ah! Too hoo maaaaaah haaah haaah eeeeeeeeeh oh ho ho ho ho old ah skoo hoo hoo hoo hoooooooool bom bom bom bom bommmmmmm...

These DL threads on her are always something else (and I always seem to find them lol) but you’ve got to give it to her - she’s always worked and at her age is still working - and I don’t mean dinner theatre or whatever Sally Struthers or Joyce DeWitt is doing , but mainstream network sitcoms that actually pay $$$ - where there always seems to be a part for her. I likewise find her incredibly annoying and don’t understand how she ever became the lead in a sitcom for 10 years - but she nevertheless appears to be doing something right - at least according to the people that matter and make the decisions.

If she ever gets cancer she can turn to GoFundMe like Valerie Harper did.

Of the popular female-led sitcoms of the 70s ('Mary Tyler Moore', 'Maude', 'Rhoda', 'Phyllis', 'One Day At A Time') - she's the only star who is still alive at 85.

Oh, God.

She's going to sing? In our state?

Call the governor! NOW!

^ Oh she's going to a lot more than sing, Missy!

I can't wait to see her low-cut sheer gown

with the long slit that shows off her gorgeous gams

Will Linda be our replacement for the late Angela Lansbury?

Will Linda bring "Bedknobs & Broomsticks" to Broadway?

but i thought she was getting sick on Broadway so how's she got time to putz around in Vermont? Consummate unprofessional.

R62 Bea lived to be 86/87 and Cloris lived well past that - and collected 8 Emmys along the way.

Was Linda ever even nominated for one?

She seems to have worked through her grief over the death of Tommy.

R24 It sounds like she is becoming Baby Jane.

[Quote]Was Linda ever even nominated for one?

Yes, she was nominated for one in 1977. Years later, she even sang her theme song for that ceremony.

She’s broken, not broke.

A sexy, struttin' Hattie!

Linda Lavin's personal appearance contract rider:

Miss Lavin requires her favorite brand (specified in addendum I) of enemas, laxatives, and personal anal wipes. Miss Lavin requires several full-time "aides" to attend to all her personal hygiene matters, including but not limited to help on and off the toilet. Miss Lavin requires her feet to be rubbed, including but not limited to her bunions and hammertoes. Miss Lavin will generally call all her aides by the name "Tawhmee" and other nasal expletives.

She’ll be kicking herself for nothing, live onstage!

Will she be singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"?

The stuff of nightmares, r77...

She didn't get permission from Right Said Fred either.

*Years later, she even "sang" her theme song for that ceremony.*

You would think she would be welll off from all the money from the Lanvin estate.

"Alice our songbird"

I wonder how Lavin would've done in Jean Smart's role in Hacks.

Here’s an alternative credits sequence (and alternative arrangements of the song!) that Linda posted a couple weeks ago.

[quote] Aaaaaand aaaaaaaah haaam nehvahoooohah gah hoe in bah ha ha ha hack-ah! Too hoo maaaaaah haaah haaah eeeeeeeeeh oh ho ho ho ho old ah skoo hoo hoo hoo hoooooooool bom bom bom bom bommmmmmm...

R59 Lavin's singing diction makes LuPone's sound like Marni Nixon dubbing Audrey Hepburn.

Linda just posted this on her YouTube channel. She wants us to see the show she's in.

Happy Birthday to Linda Lavin ! She turns 85 today.

BTW, if you want to see Lavin at her very best watch the episode 'The Shower' from season one of 'Rhoda' where Lavin plays 'Linda Monroe' - a rich wife who was Rhoda's nemesis from High School. Lavin steals the show from Harper - supposedly, one of the reasons why Harper nixed their plans to have Lavin join the series as a recurring geust star (instead, they brought Barbara Sharma's character back).

I wanted to steal "Valerie" from Harper too, but that bitch Sandy Duncan beat me to it.

Yeah, I remember "Linda Monroe", she was a real cunt.

"Oh Rhoda, let me look at you. "

"I can't believe what you've done to yourself!"

"You look absolutely attractive."

I just watched that episode.

Linda was on screen for about 5 minutes before Rhoda threw her out of the shower.

She was a cunt, but she hardly "stole" the show.

Harriet Strong from Bronx made a stronger impression that Linda.

Why is she holding the side of her head? Migraine? I’ve never cared for that pose.

Frozen shoulder.

She's so old...she cunts and she barely has to move...

Joe Jerrod had a sexy body...a great hairy chest, a big bubble butt

[quote]She’s hiding out in the mountains until her eyebrows grow back.

She tried to have an eyebrow transplant but her pubic hair is too coarse and curly.

Philip McKeon had such a huge dick

^ That's why Alice let him have the bedroom in that crappy little apartment

Tawh-mey, put your dick away - we have company!

R69 not 1977, but in 1980 she was nominated for her only Emmy for Alice. She lost to Ruth Gordon for a guest appearance on Taxi (years before there was a guest category). This must’ve stung like hell. All those years on Alice with many episodes and Gordon wins for one show lol.

Are you telling me I can pay to see this 85 year-old woman croak out some Sondheim tunes in a Community Center full of Senior citizens?

Look, you think I'm going to be able to pay for my new breast implants on Social Security?

And Mel Sharples still owes me back wages!

She is 85 and this performance will probably be painful to anyone but the most die hard fans, and how many of them could still be alive?

"Now for this little ditty, I'm going to ask you to turn off your oxygen tanks..."

"I'm sorry, the hissing throws me off key...just hold your breath...it's a great song."

"Just listen, you'll thank me!"

Linda was slated to play "Ma" in the smash blockbuster "Every Which Way But Loose" AND sing the hit title song, but Ruth Gordon and Eddie Rabbit got those gigs, and that's when a furious Linda's quest to become an EGOT began in earnest.

Well, Kathleen Turner is appearing at a South Brooklyn CUNY theatre. Tickets are $37-$42.

[QUOTE]but not as stressful as Broadway

Yeah, I'm sure those Broadway offers just pour through the door.

[quote] That photo needs to come with a trigger warning

It sure ain't a fresh freckled face.

Sometimes Linda starts scatting spontaneously on stage...to cover the sound of her flatulence.

^ She used to do that at the Diner too...

She could clear the place out on a bad day!

Just fill her dressing room with flowers and telegrams from fans and other celebrities...

It doesn't really matter what you write or how you sign them...the old broad can't read without her glasses and she's too vain to wear them...in the legitimate theatre.

"Oh look Miss Lavin these roses are from Joan Rivers!"

"Shut up, you imbecile! Even she knows Joan is dead...well most of the time!"

Since her last performance, I don't think the Mohegan Sun will book her again.

"Thank you so much for this Tony Award. I've worked so hard to get something I so deserve. And you, my dear Geraldine Page - keep trying!"

R100 Linda's husband at the time Ron Leibman also won that night for his short lived show Kaz.

They divorced a few months later.

R115 He's better off

Linda Lavin is hilarious in that episode--her facial expression after she drinks Brenda's cheap champagne is brilliant.

Although Dataloungers love to pair her with Bonnie Franklin, Lavin was actually far more talented (and also much more attractive). I always felt Lavin was wasted in the work she wound up doing. She had superb comedic gifts when she could play a character role, but Alice Hyatt was a very dully written character. And Lavin sings the shit out of "You've Got Possibilities" (a comedic song) in the "Superman" cast album, but she was awful singing jazz songs--she just doesn't have the right voice for jazz.

I'm better off dead.

R117 = Linda Lavin!

Because they wouldn't let her "sing" at The Trapp Family Lodge.

R114 Jesus Christ - and what was with that wave, was she channeling Evita?

I would have loved to have seen Joan Rivers in that role, though.

Did anyone see Joan Rivers's Broadway one-woman play about Lenny Bruce's mother? I've always been curious as to whether she could actually act. She did not impress me in "The Melissa and Joan Rivers Story."

NYT on Sally Marr - "Is Ms. Rivers also a great actress? No, she is not. But she is exuberant, fearless and inexhaustible. If you admire performers for taking risks, then you can't help but applaud her efforts. "Sally Marr" asks her to dig down deep and dredge up some elemental emotions. Ms. Rivers backs off from none of them. In her portrayal of a gutsy woman who has hit the skids more than once in her 80-odd years, there is a childlike sincerity that exerts its own spell in the end. Between Ms. Rivers and Ms. Marr an understanding obviously exists."

R115 oh you’re right. Leibman won, along with Gordon, in 1979 not 1980.

R114 sad for Page. Not losing the Tony, but she dropped dead less than a week after this Tony telecast.

Is Linda on mouth tranqulizers in that Tony speech? What's with the drawing out and over-enunciating each word?

Maybe to neutralize her working class Maine accent.

I agree with the NYT on Joan Rivers performance in Sally Marr, it was much more satisfying than Ms. Lavin’s caterwauling in Gypsy. I would rather have seen Marr five times, than the Lavin Gypsy once.

Joan wasn't sitting with Melissa at the Tonys when she lost.

Steely Dan for dazzle???

[Quote] She's touring with Billy Stritch. It's an Arts Center. Decent sized venue.

Billy has a nice thick cock. Years ago, I hooked up with him and his bf at their beautiful apartment on Central Park south. His BF got jealous he was enjoying another bottom and ultimately made me leave—but not before I experienced that cock.

^^^This is the first time I've not doubted someone from DL has slept with a celebrity.

[quote] Billy has a nice thick cock.

Not as thick as Linda's.

It was Linda's birthday yesterday, October 15, but no one realized it! (Other than Billy Stritch.)

When Linda met Liza

The comparison between Linda's voice in r114 and Andrea Martin's impression of it here is remarkable. This parody never gets old to me.

Alright, Linda was great in this scene of this show I never saw. Just like she did in r87, she did well in playing a bitch.

Linda shows Valerie her modified pirate shirt.

I hope she does an encore rendition of this particular version of the "Alice" theme. There's a reason it was only used once.

[quote] Lavin sings the shit out of "You've Got Possibilities" (a comedic song) in the "Superman" cast album

R117 Seth Rudetsky practically creams himself in his loving analysis of her recording of "You've Got Possibilities."

Bippity bop bop BOOOO

Seriously, is Linda pregnant in that photo at R138?

'Cause the baby(ies) is/are HUGE!

I get LESBIAN vibes from her.

^ OMG Yes!

She used to ask me to get the chili beans off the high shelf in the supply room...

and then she'd be behind me, grinding her nasty polyester pussy-covered pussy into me...

it was....I can't...

Maybe she was involved with Bernie Madoff .

I did a performance at the Mahaiwe center in great Barrington once and noted that she had just performed there. Maybe her agent lives in NE?

She only appears in venues, where she can be driven in her Cadillac Fleetwood sedan by her long-suffering black chauffeur Hoke...

"Oh Lawd, that crazy old white woman sure do think she can sing!"

For the last couple of decades, Linda has this annoying habit of pretending to drop tampons out of her purse...

"OMG, I'm so embarrassed. It's my time of the month, you see."

Linda on the phone with her agent:

"Fuck your feelings and your good taste - I want to be considered for every Angela Lansbury part in Hollywood now. I outlived that old broad and I'm fucking entitled to do any part she was being considered for! "

And if you don't have the balls to get me those parts, I'll find a real agent who will, you goddam faggot!

Linda Lavin is 85 years old 😮

How old is Alice?

[Quote] ^^^This is the first time I've not doubted someone from DL has slept with a celebrity.

He fucked me doggie so I didn’t have to look at his face.

Betty Buckley said she was phenomenal

[quote]Is Linda Lavin BROKE?

Broke, is she dead?

Her farts are worse than Mel's chili.

Some of the audience members who are seeing her in previews of her new off-Broadway show are giving her performance excellent reviews (seriously). They are saying she hit every line and got hearty laughter from the audience with her performance. It maybe worth checking out.

Aside from 'Rhoda', another series where she did regular guest starring roles one season was on 'The Good Wife' - playing a harried, over-worked social worker. Her scenes were hysterical - brought a lot of light moments to the drama.

Given the right comic material, she can be a brilliant comedy actress - which is harder than a dramatic actress. I don't think 'Alice' was the right venue for her.

Didn’t she play Mrs. Van Dam at some point?

R155- Like in this scene

I saw her as a replacement in The Sisters Rosensweig (she played the Madeline Kahn part) and she was very good. Michael Learned played the Jane Alexander role, and was forgettable.

Linda mopped the FLOOR with her. And it’s almost like she took a special delight in doing so.

Did the "Linda in Wonderland" special precipitate her divorce from humiliated special guest star Ron Leibman, who forced to unbutton his shirt to the bottom and play drums in a duet of "We're Still Here"?

Why is she helping to cover up Philip McKeon's AIDS death?

R160- Did he die of the AIDS?

Was he a GAY?

R158 I saw that too and I didn’t think she was very good at all. But I was a kid and maybe I would think differently now.

I also thought she was terrible (and terribly annoying) on the OC as Sandy Cohen’s mother dying of lung cancer. But I’ve enjoyed these clips posted here, actually. I sort of see what her talent is.

If she were actually pretty (and older) I could have seen her as Babs bitch mother in The Mirror Has Two Faces.

[quote]Michael Learned played the Jane Alexander role, and was forgettable.

Obviously she was upset because that attached cast photo list failed to address her with her proper title of MISS Michael Learned!

I bet heads rolled.

[Quote]Although Dataloungers love to pair her with Bonnie Franklin, Lavin was actually far more talented (and also much more attractive).

I wonder if those two got along when they appeared together on Hal Linden's (WHET) special. I can picture both of them being battle-axes to one another, with Hal wondering why the fuck he invited such calamity.

[quote]r164 I can picture both of them being battle-axes to one another

I like the idea of Lavin slamming Franklin against the ladies room wall with something like, “Listen, ya carottopped bitch, don’t you try any’a yer scene stealin’ muggin’ out there with ME. I know every trick in the book… cuz I WROTE the book! Ya smile, ya sing, YA GET OFF! Got it?!”

[quote]Is Linda Lavin BROKE?

Not as long as her "fans" keeping showing up to hear her sing endless variations of the "Alice" theme

I think she’s great. I love and loved Alice as a kid

R167=Steve Bakunas

No I’m not whoever that is you fucking moron!

One has to wonder about her finances when she takes jobs at age 85 requiring the coast to coast travel during a pandemic. No wonder she got Covid.

I've been watching reruns of 'One Day At A Time' on one of the cable channels which broadcasts old television shows. I'm in the middle of season four right now. I can't believe this was a Norman Lear show, and I can't believe people thought Franklin was a good actress in this. Granted, I watched the show every week - it started when I was in middle school, and ended when I was in college. I didn't realize how horrible and cliche the show was.

I can't believe every male character on the show found Franklin sexy, and I can't believe every young male hunk character on the show found Mackenzie Phillips 'beautiful'. Phillips always looked like she needed a good shampoo and conditioner for her dirty hair, a facial for her dry skin, and a dental hygienist to whiten her teeth. And no way did Franklin come across as 'Italian'.

R171

[quote] I can't believe every young male hunk character on the show found Mackenzie Phillips 'beautiful'.

When Mackenzie was at her absolute worst and looked like death, they decided to give her a storyline where two men were competing to marry her.

When will the “Is Linda Lavin Drunk on Stage?” thread going to be posted?

She thinks quite highly of herself

[Quote]I can't believe every young male hunk character on the show found Mackenzie Phillips 'beautiful'.

I remember her character being the cool rather slutty teenager with a heart of gold. Her beauty was supposed to come from within. With that being said, if Linda Lavin's interpretation of Ann Romano had slapped Julie, Mackenzie would've been truly smacked, and left bleeding.

Linda LIVE

Linda changed her name from Lanvin to Lavin, she comes from serious Lanvin money...yes, the fashion house. I seriously doubt she has to work, she has a talent that must be expressed.

[quote] No wonder she got Covid.

Linda Lavin doesn't get covid.

Covid gets Linda Lavin!!

[R175] Thanks for posting ! I never tire of looking at Sara Gilbert looking like a 'rebellious goth teenager' in her 40s. Osbourne looks like a ghost.

As far as Lavin spouting out all those statistics on women's wages - no way was this not rehearsed.

And '9JKL' ? Never heard of it. It must've came and gone in a heartbeat (16 episodes actually) - guess it wasn't the great sitcom they all thought it would be.

If she has so much family money, why couldn't she afford to get her busted face fixed/

[quote] Linda changed her name from Lanvin to Lavin, she comes from serious Lanvin money...yes, the fashion house. I seriously doubt she has to work, she has a talent that must be expressed.

R178 Get outta here, wiseguy.

[quote] Lavin was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of David Joseph Lavin, a businessman, and Lucille Potter, an opera singer. The Lavin family were active members of the local Jewish community. Both sets of grandparents, Simon and Jessie Lavin and Harry and Esther Potter, emigrated from Russia.

[quote] Lanvin is a French luxury fashion house based in Paris. Founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin, it is the third oldest French fashion house still in operation. Since 2018, it has been a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Lanvin Group. Bruno Sialelli, a 31-year-old French designer, was named Creative Director of Lanvin in January 2019.

R178 It's not 1990, this is not soc.motss on Usenet, and everyone has Google now.

Here's an article about Lavin's husband Steve Bakunas and their life together. I already knew they had a place in Costa Rica, but I didn't know much about Bakunas.

I know from friends that have moved from the US to Costa Rica that it's a lot less expensive to live in Costa Rica, and it's loaded with ex-pats. Perhaps that influenced Lavin and Bakunas to move there.

Nothing gets past r183.

Nowhere else would have her.

Think about it - Bonnie Franklin should've been cast as 'Alice'; the perky, braless, singing waitress in the Pheonix diner with her 12 year old son Tawmee.

Lavin should have been cast as the divorced mother Ann Romano (at least she could've passed as Italian) to Julie and Barbara in 'ODAAT'.

Linda Lanvin is of French stock dating back to L'Ancien Régime.

I heard she smells like Lipton French Onion Soup.

Philip McKeon was one of the first Covid-19 deaths. But they didn't know it then. He probably got it bad because he had the HIV.

The man never did marry, GOD ONLY KNOWS what he got up to at night

That’s sad

I'd assume she was just padding her bank account - which some people are always apt to do no matter their financial stability. Like Deborah Vance in Hacks. Granted, she could be broke, I don't know, but I'll think positive.

Many entertainers enjoy working until their funeral. She's 85, seems to be in good health, and is working steadily - great for her. Others quietly go off into the celebrity sunset.

R192 B Positive!

That Rhoda clip proves that Linda should have stuck to playing villains.

Some see “Alice” as a very insidious villain.

How does someone who grew up in Portland Maine end up with a Bronx accent?

R197 It may depend on where her parents and grandparents originally settled in the US, and NYC was the first stop for many Jewish immigrants. Those that subsequently migrated elsewhere took their NYC accents with them and passed them along to their descendants. It happened to me! That’s not to say that Lavin doesn’t enhance it. The first time I saw a promo for the new TV show “Alice” I thought, “What is that NYC Jew doing waitressing in Phoenix, Arizona?”

People like Vermont at this time of year. Although it might be a little past peak leaf right now.

And it might be a little past peak Lavin right now too.

R197 R198 to my ear it is a working class Maine accent.

Alice was in the frontlines of the Women’s Liberation Movement!

[quote]Is Linda Lavin BROKE?

I wouldn't say she's exactly "broke"...

Let's just say it's been a while since she had her vagina steam-cleared.

Darlings, enjoy your kawfee...

I'm just going to croak a few tuneless numbers for you...

the way I did on your TV sets about 50 years ago.

"Used to be sad, used to be shy..."

R143, no way. Linda loves big cock. She's a crowd favorite at Folsom Street Fair.

[quote]Is Linda Lavin BROKE?

Well, she has a flatulence problem and is sometimes incontinent...

Linda’s left a little something in DL’s collective Christmas stocking today…

Because performing is in her blood!

Because Linda was worried that we needed one more version of the Alice theme…

Linda Lavin is on Instagram

Billy Stritch? I thought he was Liza’s caregiver. Waiting for her to snuff it so he could read her will. If he’s on the road, who’s watching Liza?

At least Linda is not a MAGAT. She was very disappointed in the election results.

There's only so much demand for an Alice fan convention

she lives in the berkshires

She's on the new gay TV show with Matt Bomer.

I thought she was dead.

In Winter? Brrr.

“Brazilian and Steely Dan” sounds like a Bel Ami video.

She just needs enough funds to complete her transformation into Willem Dafoe

I am a performance artist myself