From left: Beth Howland as Vera, Linda Lavin as Alice, and Polly Holliday as Flo, Photo Date: 8/9/1976 (Photo Credit: CBS via MGN) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The actress who was best known for her ...

Polly Holliday played the wise-cracking Flo, a fellow server, according to IMDb.com. Lavin ... when she was hired to play the lead in “Alice,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Beth Howland, a television actress ... Lavin as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother working at the diner while pursuing a singing career, along with Polly Holliday as the crusty waitress Flo and Vic ...

From 1976 to 1985, Lavin played the role of Alice Hyatt ... Polly Holliday played the wise-cracking Flo, a fellow server, according to IMDb.com. Lavin, whose character was also an aspiring ...

The actress who was best known for her role as a ditzy waitress on the 1970s and '80s CBS sitcom "Alice" has died. Beth Howland was 74.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin who played the title role in the TV sitcom "Alice" has died in Los Angeles, according to media reports. She was 87. Lavin died Sunday of ...