CNN —Linda Lavin, the Tony- and Golden Globe-winning actress and singer best known for starring in the CBS sitcom “Alice” for nearly a decade, died on Sunday at the age of 87. She got her big break in New York, cutting her teeth in Broadway plays and musicals throughout the 1960s. Linda Lavin and her fellow cast members on the CBS sitcom "Alice," on January 1, 1979. CBS/Getty ImagesBut it was the television show “Alice,” which follows a widowed mother pursuing her dreams of being a singer while working at a diner, that made Lavin a household name. Linda Lavin with her Golden Globe award for "Alice" in Beverly Hills on January 27, 1979.

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