She has continued to alternate between Broadway and Hollywood since her breakout performance. From 1975 to 1976, Lavin played a roadside cafe waitress in television shows like Barney Miller.
In the 1976 comedy series Alice, which aired on CBS for nine seasons and 202 episodes, she similarly played a young mother who had lost her spouse.
She has had additional significant television appearances in the last ten years, including series regulars on CBS’s 9JKL and B Positive and the NBC comedy series Sean Saves the World.
This year, she kept herself occupied by working on the new Hulu series Mid-Century Modern, taking on a recurring part on Netflix’s No Good Deed, and guest starring on CBS’s Elsbeth.
