Linda Lavin is an American actress and singer. She won a Tony Award for her performance in “Broadway Bound” in 1987, as well as Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Helen Hayes Awards. For her roles in “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” “Collected Stories,” and “The Lyons,” she has been nominated for six Tony Awards.
Linda starred in the Hal Prince-directed film “Candide” in 2017, which earned rave reviews. Other theater credits include “The New Century” (Drama Desk Award), “Other Desert Cities” (LCT), and “Too Much Sun” (Vineyard Theatre). He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2011. Lavin started out as a child. She has been onstage since the age of five and joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. Who are Linda Lavin’s parents who guided her through the being of her career?
Lucille Lavin and David J. Lavin- Linda Lavin’s parents
Linda was born on October 15, 1937, in Portland, Maine. She is the daughter of Lucille Lavin and David J. Lavin. Her father David J. Lavin was a businessman and her mother Lucille Lavin an opera singer.
Who is Lucille Lavin, Linda Lavin’s mother
Lucille Lavin was an opera singer. Linda told the New York Times– “My mother, Lucille Potter Lavin, was a singer, an opera singer, with a very beautiful lyric coloratura and a brief but dazzling career in New York. She sang on the radio and early TV with George Gershwin, Risë Stevens, and Paul Whiteman, until she and my father moved back to Portland, Me., to give birth to me.“
The actress/singer always speaks positively of her mother- “She gave up her dream. She was very musical, petite, pretty, beguiling, very funny, a spirited adorable woman. You would have loved her.…. My mother gave up her career. My mother gave up her dream. I don’t know why; I can only assume. But I do know that what happened to her as a result was a deep unhappiness and longing.” Lucille Lavin wanted her daughter to be a concert pianist but she also had her own things in mind.
Linda told New York Times-“I didn’t care for practicing one damn bit but it was her dream for me, so, to be a good girl, I worked very hard at it. But I hated every minute. What I really loved was playing by ear, for myself or for my mother or for anyone who wanted to sing.“
When she decided to be a singer, Lucille gave her daughter her full support- “My mother gave me her full approval that night. No criticism, just sheer loving acceptance. In that memory, I now know the depth of her generosity.“
David J. Lavin: Who was Linda Lavin’s father
Linda Lavin’s father David J. Lavin was a businessman. According to Linda’s Wikipedia, 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. Her family was musically talented.
ALSO, READ; Steve Bakunas: Inside the Life of Linda Lavin’s husband
Lavin has been married three times. After her first two marriages ended in divorce, the stars aligned for Linda Lavin to meet her third and current husband, actor Steve Bakunas. “We have so much fun together,” the 76-year-old former Alice star raves to Closer about Steve. “I feel very fortunate to have found him!” The pair have been married since 2005, and while Linda has no biological children, she is stepmom to Steve’s children from a previous relationship.
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