Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning Broadway actress known also for starring as a waitress and single mom in the long-running TV sitcom “Alice,” died Dec. 29 in Los Angeles. She was 87.

Between 1962 and 1973, Ms. Lavin performed I eight Broadway productions, including the lead role in Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” On TV, “Alice” ran from 1976 to 1985 and earned Ms. Lavin two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy nomination. When the show ended, she returned to the New York stage and in 1987 won the Tony Award for best actress for her role as Kate Jerome in Mr. Simon’s “Broadway Bound.”

Throughout her career, she received five more Tony nominations, and starred in Hollywood and TV movies, and several TV series.