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Lee Garlington

Lee Garlington

Birthday: 1953-07-20 | Place of Birth: Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. 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 played the part of Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls and Ronni, the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends. From 2002 to 2005, she had a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. Garlington 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. Garlington 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, Garlington received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Candy Coated Christmas

as    Kim Winters

2018
Christmas Harmony

as    Debbie

2017
House by the Lake

as    Dr. Llywelyn

2016
Married by Christmas

as    Bitsy Tate

2014
2014
Mockingbird

as    Mom

2014
The Extendables

as    Paint

2014
Sister

as    Principal Jacobs

2010
The Psycho Legacy

as    Self

2009
Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith

as    Jane Burns

2008
Pulse 2: Afterlife

as    Aunt Carmen

2008
The Coverup

as    Beeverly Thacker

2005
Mortuary

as    Rita

2004
Guarding Eddy

as    Helen

2001
Layover

as    Public Defender Boone

2001
Stranger Inside

as    Warden Arnold

2000
Forever Lulu

as    Linda Davis

1999
Can of Worms

as    Pamela Pillsbury

1996
Townies

as    Kathy Donovan