Linda Lavin Arts Foundation in Wilmington, "to promote and foster the advancement of the performing and visual arts, with special emphasis on arts in education. Her foundation has created a theatre program called Girl Friends, whose purpose is to raise the self-esteem of at-risk teenage girls of the inner city." Both of her former husbands, the aforementioned Niven and Leibman, died in 2019 along with Alice co-stars Philip McKeon and Charles Levin. In Wilmington, she was a stage director. One of her directorial credits was a 1998 production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, updated to a Brazilian jazz style. In both Wilmington and New York she teaches master classes in acting and singing. In September 2012, Lavin announced that she intended to sell her home in Wilmington and return to New York City. Lavin and Bakunas had lived in New York City since circa 2013–2014. In July 2016, the Luxury Living website posted Lavin's Central Park South apartment for sale at $1.25 million. Awards and nominations Lavin was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame for 2010 in January 2011. Tony Awards 1970 Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Nominated) 1987 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – Broadway Bound (Won) 1998 Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – The Diary of Anne Frank (Nominated) 2001 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Nominated) 2010 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – Collected Stories (Nominated) 2012 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – The Lyons (Nominated) Drama Desk Awards 1987 Outstanding Actress in a Play – Broadway Bound (Won) 2008 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – The New Century (Won) Obie Award 1994–95 Outstanding Actress – Death Defying Acts (Won) 2012 Performance The Lyons (Won) Golden Globe Awards 1979 Best TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Alice (Won) 1980 Best TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Alice (Won) 1981 Best TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Alice (Nominated) Primetime Emmy Awards 1979 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Alice (Nominated) Work Filmography Film Television Stage References Further reading Putt, Jr., Barry M. (2019). Alice: Life Behind the Counter in Mel's Greasy Spoon (A Guide to the Feature