Lee Garlington

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.

Known For

Myrna

Psycho II

Beulah Gasnick

Field of Dreams

Dr. Margaret Inness

The Seventh Sign

Briefing Officer

Hell Comes to Frogtown

Honor Thy Mother

Vice Principal Bernard

The Hot Chick

Stewardess

A Lot Like Love

Myrna

Psycho III

Dr. Jane Fox

Dante's Peak

Nancy Stalk

Cobra

Kim Winters

Candy Coated Christmas

Aunt Carmen

Pulse 2: Afterlife

Rita

Mortuary

Dolly Tucker

The Babysitter

Warden Arnold

Stranger Inside

Sales Girl

Overnight Sensation

Forfeit

Helen

Guarding Eddy

Dottie

Safelight

Public Defender Boone

Layover

Susan's Mom

A Buddy Story

Janice

River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

Gummy

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Herself

The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special

Shelley

Bar Girls

Betty Hill

Dark Skies

Marian Pelton

Driven

Virtual Obsession

Mary Willis

Cold Sassy Tree

Mom

Mockingbird

"Schlitz" Waitress

In the Mood

Nan

Love Matters

Winnie

Summer of Fear

Tarnower's Ex #2

Mrs. Harris

Tina Farrell

Shame

Rita

Dying to Love You

Joanne

When You Remember Me

Principal Jacobs

Sister

Lt. Polly

Band of Robbers

Annie

Whose Daughter is She?

Jan

Last Flight Out

Carole Garson

See Jane Run

Gina

The Whereabouts of Jenny

Lorna's Friend

Murder Ordained

Penny

Just Add Water

Dr. Elena Rhyzkov

Sneakers

Liz

North Blvd

Jane Burns

Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith

Anne Williams

The Conviction of Kitty Dodds

Paint

The Extendables

Regional Judge

Akeelah and the Bee

Natalie's Mom

American Pie 2

Herself - actress

Anthony Perkins, l'acteur derrière la porte

Waitress

One Hour Photo

Mary Pat Foley

The Sum of All Fears

Carol Sandman

My Life

Wendy

Some Kind of Beautiful

Bitsy Tate

Married by Christmas

Lee

When No One Would Listen

Self

The Psycho Legacy

Dr. Llywelyn

House by the Lake

L.A. Flight Attendant

Boys and Girls

Ruth

Her Last Will

Helene

Kiss of a Killer

Mrs. Whitcoms

Student Exchange

Nita Samson

Meet the Applegates

Tina

Reflections on a Crime

Esther

Do You Take This Man

Peggy Blankenship

A Killing in a Small Town

Debbie

Christmas Harmony

Woman Cop

Three Fugitives

Pamela Pillsbury

Can of Worms

Phyllis

Torch Song

Beeverly Thacker

The Coverup

Linda Davis

Forever Lulu

Carbon Copy

Wanda

The Yarn Princess

Psychologist

American Gun

Jordan's Mom

Lovely & Amazing

Georgette

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Gym Instructor

Some Kind of Wonderful

Self

SEGAL

Betty Sue

Johnson Family Vacation

Landlady

The Little Things

Head Vault Judge

Stick It

Mrs. Cahan

Something New

Second Mother

Do You Remember Love

Josette

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

Mrs. Festinger

Jack the Bear

Laura Lee Curtis

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

Nichole's Mom

Freak Talks About Sex

Dave's Mom

Partner(s)

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Female

Birthday

1953-07-20

Place of Birth

Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Ann Leslie Garlington