The actress became a staple in Hollywood and Broadway after landing her first major role in 1976 as Alice Hyatt on the CBS series “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” The show’s title was ev ...

Lavin got her big break starring as Alice Hyatt in 1976 on “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” The show was later renamed simply, “Alice” and followed the story of a widow who worked as a ...

She became a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix. The show, with Lavin singing the theme song “There ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE") LAVIN: (As Alice Hyatt, singing) Early to rise, early to bed. GOMEZ SARMIENTO: Based off the Scorsese film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Lavin played a single mom ...

in which she played the lead role of a waitress and widowed mom Alice Hyatt, who had a 12-year-old son and worked at a roadside diner near Phoenix, Arizona. The show turned “Kiss my grits ...

The title was shortened to “Alice” and Lavin become a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix.

She became a role model for working moms as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix. The show, with Lavin singing the theme song “There’s a New ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE") LAVIN: (As Alice Hyatt, singing) Early to rise, early to bed. GOMEZ SARMIENTO: Based off the Scorsese film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Lavin played a single mom who ...