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.
Filmography (185)
SEGAL
2025
Electric Bloom
2025
The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special
2022
Candy Coated Christmas
2021
The Little Things
2021
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
P-Valley
2020
Dead to Me
2019
Christmas Harmony
2018
House by the Lake
2017
Do You Take This Man
2017
The Good Doctor
2017
Band of Robbers
2016
Married by Christmas
2016
Her Last Will
2016
Safelight
2015
Some Kind of Beautiful
2015
The Magicians
2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Mockingbird
2014
Sister
2014
North Blvd
2014
The Extendables
2014
Extant
2014
Stalker
2014
Mistresses
2013
Emily Owens, M.D.
2012
Longmire
2012
Friends with Benefits
2011
Suburgatory
2011
A Buddy Story
2010
The Psycho Legacy
2010
Good Luck Charlie
2010
Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith
2009
Prayers for Bobby
2009
Southland
2009
FlashForward
2009
Lie to Me
2009
Pulse 2: Afterlife
2008
Just Add Water
2008
The Coverup
2008
The Mentalist
2008
90210
2008
Childrens Hospital
2008
Forfeit
2007
The Riches
2007
Private Practice
2007
Saving Grace
2007
Mrs. Harris
2006
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
Stick It
2006
Something New
2006
Big Day
2006
What About Brian
2006
Psych
2006
Big Love
2006
A Lot Like Love
2005
Mortuary
2005
American Gun
2005
Partner(s)
2005
Medium
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Invasion
2005
Close to Home
2005
Guarding Eddy
2004
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Desperate Housewives
2004
Boston Legal
2004
All of Us
2003
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Cold Case
2003
Two and a Half Men
2003
Abby
2003
NCIS
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Hot Chick
2002
One Hour Photo
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Lovely & Amazing
2002
Everwood
2002
8 Simple Rules
2002
Stranger Inside
2001
Layover
2001
American Pie 2
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
Six Feet Under
2001
The Division
2001
Crossing Jordan
2001
Grounded for Life
2001
Boys and Girls
2000
Forever Lulu
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Titus
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The District
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Can of Worms
1999
Freak Talks About Sex
1999
Once and Again
1999
Judging Amy
1999
The West Wing
1999
Snoops
1999
Driven
1998
Virtual Obsession
1998
Maximum Bob
1998
Will & Grace
1998
Martial Law
1998
Dante's Peak
1997
The Practice
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
Dark Skies
1996
Summer of Fear
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
Dark Skies
1996
7th Heaven
1996
Townies
1996
Profiler
1996
The Babysitter
1995
Whose Daughter is She?
1995
See Jane Run
1995
Reflections on a Crime
1994
The Yarn Princess
1994
Friends
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993
Love Matters
1993
Dying to Love You
1993
The Conviction of Kitty Dodds
1993
My Life
1993
Kiss of a Killer
1993
Torch Song
1993
Jack the Bear
1993
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
Grace Under Fire
1993
NYPD Blue
1993
Honor Thy Mother
1992
Shame
1992
Sneakers
1992
When No One Would Listen
1992
Arresting Behavior
1992
The Whereabouts of Jenny
1991
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
1991
Home Improvement
1991
Good & Evil
1991
Bar Girls
1990
When You Remember Me
1990
Last Flight Out
1990
Meet the Applegates
1990
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
Wings
1990
Get a Life
1990
Lenny
1990
Field of Dreams
1989
Cold Sassy Tree
1989
Three Fugitives
1989
Oh No, Not Them
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Coach
1989
The Nutt House
1989
The Seventh Sign
1988
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Roseanne
1988
Murphy Brown
1988
In the Mood
1987
Murder Ordained
1987
Student Exchange
1987
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
Hooperman
1987
Psycho III
1986
Cobra
1986
Sledge Hammer!
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
Do You Remember Love
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
Stingray
1985
Overnight Sensation
1984
Who's the Boss?
1984
Psycho II
1983
Automan
1983
Family Ties
1982
Carbon Copy
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
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