LINDA LAVIN (Ruth)
MTC/Broadway: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Tony nomination). Broadway: The New Century; The Sisters Rosensweig; The Diary of Anne Frank (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award); Gypsy; Broadway Bound (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes awards); The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Tony nomination); Cop Out; Story Theatre; Something Different; It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman; A Family Affair; Hollywood Arms. Off-Broadway: Cakewalk; Death Defying Acts (Obie); The Comedy of Errors (Public); The Mad Show; Oh, Kay! Regional: Finishing the Picture, Collected Stories, Doubt. Film: The Muppets Take Manhattan, See You in the Morning, I Want to Go Home, The Backup Plan (upcoming). TV: “Alice,” “Barney Miller,” “Room for Two,” “Conrad Bloom,” “The Sopranos,” “The O.C.,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” TV Films: “The $5.20 an Hour Dream,” “A Matter of Life and Death,” “A Place to Call Home,” “Lena: My 100 Children,” “Best Friends for Life,” “The Ring,” “Collected Stories,” “Another Woman’s Child,” “The Sunset Gang” (producer). TV Specials: “Flour Babies” (producer/director), “Linda in Wonderland” (2 Emmy Awards). Cabaret: Songs and Confessions of a One-Time Waitress. National appearances include Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, Wilmington Symphony, NC. She and her husband Steve Bakunas are the Creative Directors of the Red Barn Studio Theatre in Wilmington, North Carolina www.redbarnstudiotheatre.com.