In 1976, she was cast as Alice Hyatt in "Alice," based on Ellen Burstyn’s Oscar-winning "Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore" about a widowed single mom who has a young son and works at a roadside ...

The title was shortened to “Alice” and Lavin become a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix.

She starred as Alice Hyatt in the CBS sitcom Alice from 1976 to 1985, earning an Emmy nomination for the role in 1979 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Additionally, Lavin earned ...

It follows working mom and aspiring singer Alice Hyatt as she raises her son and works at a diner. Lavin had been performing since she was 5 years old, according to IMDb. In the early 1960s ...

Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working-class icon as a paper hat-wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87. Lavin died in Los Angeles on ...

The title was shortened to “Alice” and Lavin became a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE") LAVIN: (As Alice Hyatt, singing) Early to rise, early to bed. GOMEZ SARMIENTO: Based off the Scorsese film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Lavin played a single mom ...

The title was shortened to "Alice," and Lavin became a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix. The show ...

The title was shortened to Alice and Lavin become a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix. The show ...