The series ran from 1976 to 1985, piling up more than 200 episodes, a spinoff for Polly Holliday (Flo, the "kiss my grits" sass-flinger) and a lasting reputation for presenting an early ...

Linda Lavin will make her final onscreen appearance on Friday, March 28, in the Hulu original comedy Mid-Century Modern in a role catered to her many talents.

(Gray News/AP) – Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin’s official cause of death has been determined. According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ and also reviewed by People, Lavin died ...

The star occupied a relatively straight role amid a cast of oddballs: the outrageous Flo (Polly Holliday), whose catch phrase “Kiss my grits” was a meme in its day; the mousy Vera (Beth ...

Linda Lavin, center, in 1979 with fellow “Alice” cast members Polly Holliday as Flo, left, and Beth Howland as Vera. (CBS/Getty Images) ...

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

The star occupied a relatively straight role amid a cast of oddballs: the outrageous Flo (Polly Holliday), whose catch phrase “Kiss my grits” was a meme in its day; the mousy Vera (Beth ...

NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor 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 ...

By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.