Lee Garlington
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-07-20 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Fara Linden
NCIS
as Mary Hanlan
Friends
as Ronni
The Good Doctor
as Joan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mrs. Frommer
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mrs. Briggs
The Mentalist
as Betty Fulford
Two and a Half Men
as Peggy
Seinfeld
as Claire
Desperate Housewives
as Alberta Holstein
The West Wing
as Alana Waterman
Everwood
as Brenda Baxworth
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Jessica Harris
Psych
as Eugenia
Medium
as Marion Wheeler
Crossing Jordan
as Dixie
Will & Grace
as Annette
Quantum Leap
as Nurse Chatam
Cold Case
as Carol Prosser
Family Ties
as Beth Davis