Lee Garlington
Known for: Acting
Born: July 20, 1953
Place of birth: Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
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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Filmography
97 movies · 91 TV shows, newest first
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Achiever
2026
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SEGAL
2025
8.4
Electric Bloom
2025
9.0
The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special
2022
6.3
Candy Coated Christmas
2021
6.4
The Little Things
2021
6.8
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
7.6
P-Valley
2020
7.3
Dead to Me
2019
6.1
Christmas Harmony
2018
3.9
House by the Lake
2017
8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
4.6
Do You Take This Man
2017
5.5
Married by Christmas
2016
6.9
Her Last Will
2016
5.9
Band of Robbers
2016
7.6
The Magicians
2015
5.8
Safelight
2015
5.6
Some Kind of Beautiful
2014
4.7
Mockingbird
2014
6.7
Stalker
2014
2.8
The Extendables
2014
6.3
Extant
2014
5.6
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
5.3
Sister
2014NR
North Blvd
2014
5.3
Mistresses
2013
6.4
Emily Owens, M.D.
2012
7.7
Longmire
2012
6.7
Suburgatory
2011
6.5
Friends with Benefits
2011
6.5
The Psycho Legacy
2010
7.9
Good Luck Charlie
2010
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A Buddy Story
2010
7.0
FlashForward
2009
3.8
Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith
2009
7.9
Southland
2009
8.1
Prayers for Bobby
2009
7.9
Lie to Me
2009
6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
4.5
The Coverup
2008
4.3
Pulse 2: Afterlife
2008
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
5.8
90210
2008
5.0
Just Add Water
2008
7.5
Private Practice
2007
7.4
Saving Grace
2007
6.9
The Riches
20075.5
Forfeit
2007
5.7
Big Day
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
7.0
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
6.8
Stick It
2006
6.3
What About Brian
2006
6.9
Big Love
2006
6.4
Something New
2006
7.1
Invasion
2005
5.9
Close to Home
2005
5.8
Mrs. Harris
2005
5.7
American Gun
2005
4.5
Mortuary
2005
6.0
Partner(s)
2005
6.8
A Lot Like Love
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
7.9
Boston Legal
2004
6.3
Guarding Eddy
2004
5.5
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
2003
7.6
NCIS
2003
7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003
7.2
All of Us
2003
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
7.0
Abby
2003
6.4
The Hot Chick
2002
6.8
8 Simple Rules
2002
7.6
Everwood
2002
6.7
One Hour Photo
2002
6.1
Lovely & Amazing
2002
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
4.6
Layover
2001
6.3
American Pie 2
2001
4.5
Stranger Inside
2001
8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
6.5
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
6.8
Grounded for Life
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
6.9
The District
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
5.4
Forever Lulu
2000
6.0
Boys and Girls
2000
6.9
Titus
2000
6.5
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
7.5
Snoops
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
6.7
Once and Again
1999
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
4.7
Freak Talks About Sex
1999
4.8
Can of Worms
1999
7.0
Martial Law
1998
6.9
Will & Grace
1998
7.3
Maximum Bob
1998
5.8
Driven
1998
4.1
Virtual Obsession
1998
8.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
6.2
Dante's Peak
1997
6.5
Dark Skies
1996
7.2
Dark Skies
1996
7.0
Profiler
1996
6.5
Townies
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
5.0
Summer of Fear
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
5.1
The Babysitter
1995
5.6
Whose Daughter is She?
1995
6.5
See Jane Run
1995
8.4
Friends
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
4.3
Reflections on a Crime
1994
6.3
The Yarn Princess
1994
6.7
My Life
1993
8.0
The Conviction of Kitty Dodds
1993
5.7
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993
4.0
Love Matters
1993
5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
7.7
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
5.3
Torch Song
1993
6.4
Jack the Bear
1993
5.0
Dying to Love You
1993
3.6
Kiss of a Killer
1993
7.5
When No One Would Listen
1992
6.9
Sneakers
1992
6.6
Shame
1992
6.5
Arresting Behavior
1992
6.7
Honor Thy Mother
1992
6.1
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
1991
7.0
Good & Evil
1991
7.4
Home Improvement
1991
6.0
The Whereabouts of Jenny
1991
6.1
When You Remember Me
1990
7.3
Get a Life
19907.5
Lenny
19908.0
Bar Girls
1990
5.6
Meet the Applegates
1990NR
Last Flight Out
1990
5.1
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
6.8
Wings
1990
6.6
Cold Sassy Tree
1989
6.2
The Nutt House
1989
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Oh No, Not Them
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
7.1
Field of Dreams
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
6.7
Coach
1989
6.7
Three Fugitives
1989
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988
6.8
Roseanne
1988
6.0
The Seventh Sign
1988
5.5
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
5.9
Student Exchange
1987
6.1
Hooperman
1987
5.5
In the Mood
1987
9.0
P.A.N.I.C. in Griffith Park
1987
5.0
Murder Ordained
1987
6.8
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
8.0
Sledge Hammer!
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.2
Cobra
1986
5.7
Psycho III
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
7.2
Stingray
1985
10.0
Do You Remember Love
1985
6.2
Overnight Sensation
1984
7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
7.8
Automan
1983
6.5
Psycho II
1983
7.2
Family Ties
1982
5.8
Carbon Copy
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
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