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Lee Garlington

20th July 1953 Teaneck, New Jersey, USA Acting

Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls, Ronnie - the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including The West Wing, 7th Heaven, 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy, Will & Grace, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Quantum Leap, Home Improvement, Boston Legal, Roseanne, Get a Life, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also appeared in the sequels to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II (1983) and Psycho III (1986). She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the action/thriller Cobra (1986). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovakian mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford. She was originally intended to play the lead female role in Seinfeld. She was the female regular in the pilot episode, "The Seinfeld Chronicles", playing the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette. When the series was picked up, however, it was decided that having the female lead be from such a different social status compared to the rest of the cast would be unworkable, so the character of Claire was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes. In 2018, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.

94 Movies 91 TV Shows 185 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

SEGAL poster
SEGAL 12th October 2025 as Self
Sister poster
Sister 25th April 2014 as Principal Jacobs
Stick It poster
Stick It 21st April 2006 as Head Vault Judge
Layover poster
Layover 22nd August 2001 as Public Defender Boone
Driven poster
Driven 23rd April 1998 as Marian Pelton
My Life poster
My Life 12th November 1993 as Carol Sandman
Sneakers poster
Sneakers 9th September 1992 as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov
Shame poster
Shame 18th August 1992 as Tina Farrell
Cobra poster
Cobra 22nd May 1986 as Nancy Stalk
P-Valley poster
P-Valley 12th July 2020 as Georgia Anne 'Georgie' Batson
Stalker poster
Stalker 1st October 2014 as Diane Kindrick
Extant poster
Extant 9th July 2014 as Principal
90210 poster
90210 2nd September 2008 as Judge
Psych poster
Psych 7th July 2006 as Eugenia
Medium poster
Medium 3rd January 2005 as Marion Wheeler
NCIS poster
NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Mary Hanlan
Nip/Tuck poster
Nip/Tuck 22nd July 2003 as Briggitte Reinholt
Everwood poster
Everwood 16th September 2002 as Brenda Baxworth
Titus poster
Titus 20th March 2000 as Sue
Snoops poster
Snoops 26th September 1999 as Alicia Spitz
Profiler poster
Profiler 21st September 1996 as Dr. Frances Barry
Townies poster
Townies 18th September 1996 as Kathy Donovan
Coach poster
Coach 28th February 1989 as Barbara
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L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Regina Furnald