Lee Garlington
- Acting
- July 20, 1953 · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls, Ronnie - the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including The West Wing, 7th Heaven, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also appeared in the sequels to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986). She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra (1986). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford. She was originally intended to play the lead female role in Seinfeld. She was the female regular in the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles", playing the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette. When the series was picked up, however, it was decided that having the female lead be from such a different social status compared to the rest of the cast would be unworkable, so the character of Claire was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes. In 2018, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.
Known for
Filmography
- Redlining
- Achiever
- SEGAL · Self
- Electric Bloom · Ethel
- No Friends · Ronni Rapalono
- The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special · Self
- Candy Coated Christmas · Kim Winters
- The Little Things · Landlady
- Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door · Self
- P-Valley · Georgia Anne "Georgie" Batson, Georgia Anne 'Georgie' Batson
- Dead to Me · Nurse Francine
- Christmas Harmony · Debbie
- House by the Lake · Dr. Llywelyn
- The Good Doctor · Joan
- Do You Take This Man · Esther
- Married by Christmas · Bitsy Tate
- Her Last Will · Ruth
- Band of Robbers · Lt. Polly
- The Magicians · Dana
- Safelight · Dottie
- Some Kind of Beautiful · Wendy
- Mockingbird · Leonard's Mom
- Stalker · Diane Kindrick
- The Extendables · Paint
- Extant · Principal
- The Angriest Man in Brooklyn · Gummy
- Sister · Principal Jacobs
- North Blvd · Liz
- Mistresses · Eleanor
- Emily Owens, M.D. · Donna Fisher
- Longmire · Ruth
- Suburgatory · Dorothy
- Friends with Benefits · Billie
- The Psycho Legacy · Self
- Good Luck Charlie · Mrs. Krump
- A Buddy Story · Susan's Mom
- FlashForward · Carlene, Carline
- Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith · Jane Burns
- Southland · Cathleen Kerik
- Prayers for Bobby · Psychologist
- Lie to Me · Mrs. Walker
- Childrens Hospital · Geraldine Peters
- The Coverup · Beeverly Thacker
- Pulse 2: Afterlife · Aunt Carmen
- The Mentalist · Betty Fulford
- 90210 · Judge
- Just Add Water · Penny
- Private Practice · Stella Peterson
- Saving Grace · Sally Meeker
- The Riches
- Forfeit
- Big Day
- Psych · Eugenia
- Akeelah and the Bee · Regional Judge
- Stick It · Head Vault Judge
- What About Brian · Mona
- Big Love · Grace Ann
- Something New · Mrs. Cahan
- Invasion
- Close to Home · Hannah Turley
- Mrs. Harris · Tarnower's Ex #2
- American Gun · Psychologist
- Mortuary · Rita
- Partner(s) · Dave's Mom
- A Lot Like Love · Stewardess
- Grey's Anatomy · Fara Linden
- Medium · Marion Wheeler
- Desperate Housewives · Alberta Holstein
- Boston Legal · Alisa McKenzie
- Guarding Eddy · Helen
- Johnson Family Vacation · Betty Sue
- Cold Case · Carol Prosser
- Joan of Arcadia · Charlotte Bloom
- NCIS · Mary Hanlan
- Two and a Half Men · Peggy
- All of Us
- Nip/Tuck · Briggitte Reinholt
- Abby
- The Hot Chick · Vice Principal Bernard
- 8 Simple Rules · Fran, Leslie