Lee Garlington
Actor
- Born
- July 20, 1953 (age 73) · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
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.
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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
American Pie 2
August 10, 2001
The Little Things
January 28, 2021
The Hot Chick
December 13, 2002
Dante's Peak
February 7, 1997
The Sum of All Fears
May 31, 2002
Cobra
May 22, 1986
One Hour Photo
August 21, 2002
Field of Dreams
April 21, 1989
A Lot Like Love
April 21, 2005
Sneakers
September 9, 1992
Psycho II
June 3, 1983
Prayers for Bobby
January 24, 2009
Acting97
- 2026Redlining
- 2026Achiever
- 2025SEGAL as Self
- 2025No Friends as Ronni Rapalono
- 2022The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special as Herself
- 2021Candy Coated Christmas as Kim Winters
- 2021The Little Things as Landlady
- 2020Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door as Self - Actress
- 2018Christmas Harmony as Debbie
- 2017House by the Lake as Dr. Llywelyn