Acting · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA · Born July 20, 1953
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.
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1992
as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov
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1992
as Tina Farrell
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1992
as Connie Ruskin
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1992
MoviePosing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
1991
as Josette
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1991
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1991
as Joanie Graham
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1991
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1990
as Joanne
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1990
as Angelica
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1990
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1990
as Shelley
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1990
as Nita Samson
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1990
as Jan
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1990
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1989
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1989
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1989
as Claire
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1989
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1989
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1989
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1987
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1987
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1987
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1986
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1986
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1986
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1984
as Sales Girl
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1984
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1983
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1983
as Myrna
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1982
as Beth Davis
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1981
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1981
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