S30E8: Linda Lavin (TV's Alice)
Trashy Divorces
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4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The character of Alice Hyatt - a widowed mother who takes a job at a roadside diner on her way to a singing career - made a lot of sense to actress Linda Lavin. After all, her mother had been an opera singer whose aspirations were derailed by marriage and children, and by the time Alice premiered in 1976, Linda was living and thriving in a very different world than her mother had been able to enjoy. But things weren't all sunshine and kittens for the Tony and Golden Globe winner; her 1980s were punctuated by a very trashy divorce indeed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to trashy divorces, everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. |
| 0:07.5 | My name is Alicia and holy cats. |
| 0:10.3 | Did y'all respond to our Gary Coleman episode on Wednesday? |
| 0:14.4 | Stacey, you've decided to continue this television theme this week with Alice. Is that right? That is exactly right. Alicia. Hello, |
| 0:25.4 | everyone. Stacey here. And thank you for joining us. Today we're going to talk about the |
| 0:29.9 | amazing life and career of actress and singer Linda Lavin, who sadly passed away just a few |
| 0:35.5 | months ago. Across her big life, she did leave us two divorces, |
| 0:39.8 | one of which got perfectly trashy. Put a pen in that for later, and thank you, Kip in particular. |
| 0:45.9 | Before we jump in, we have some new Patreon subscribers to thank over at patreon.com slash trashy divorces. |
| 0:53.0 | Alicia, who's smiling faces do you see in our magic mirror today? |
| 0:56.5 | So much thanks and praise and love to y'all. |
| 0:59.1 | Diana A. Jeanette, Caitlin L. Gene B. |
| 1:03.9 | Y'all are amazing. |
| 1:05.6 | Thank you so much, new supporters and sustaining supporters as always. |
| 1:13.1 | Stacey, if we're going to get to Mel's Diner to kiss some grits, what do we have to do? We have to go, go, go. |
| 1:17.7 | Stacey, I'm excited about this one. I don't know very much about Linda Lavin besides I like her. |
| 1:34.9 | Yes, yes, deeply heartfelt like for Linda Lavin as well. |
| 1:40.3 | Alicia, in December of 2024, just a few short months ago, we lost a great talent and a very |
| 1:46.5 | familiar face for those who watched television in the 70s and 80s and long beyond. |
| 1:52.0 | After a long, eventful and meaningful life, singer and actress Linda Lavin died at the age of 87. |
| 1:59.1 | Long life. Most of us know her best as Alice, |
| 2:03.5 | the hardworking widowed mother making ends meet in the popular 70s sitcom, Alice. |
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