Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress.
Early life Garlington was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on July 20, 1953.Foster, Allen. "NJ Celebs Share their Favorite Romantic Comedy Picks – Part Two", Best of New Jersey, February 13, 2018. Accessed January 20, 2020. "Lee Garlington - Connection to New Jersey: Born in Teaneck.""Lee Garlington". aveleyman.com. She spent her teenage years in Wilmington, Delaware.
Career 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, Coach, Profiler, Medium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two and a Half Men, Lie to Me and among other series. She also played the part of Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden Girls and Ronni Rapalono, the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends.Hey! It's That Guy!: The Fametracker.com Guide to Character Actors - Page 994, via Google Books From 2002 to 2005, she had a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on Everwood. She was one of the stars of the series Lenny.
Garlington 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), and played Demi Moore's obstetrician in The Seventh Sign (1988). In Sneakers (1992), she appeared as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov, a Czechoslovak mathematics scientist, in a scene with Robert Redford.
Garlington 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 was dropped and replaced by Elaine Benes.
In 2021, Garlington worked in the Discovery+ film Candy Coated Christmas.
Awards In 2018, Garlington received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as Darlene in Broken.
Personal life Garlington is married to electrician Howard Nugent.
She was a bridesmaid for Demi Moore for her second marriage."Moore and Willis marry, again". St. Cloud Times. December 22, 1987. p. 2A.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1983Psycho IIMyrna1986CobraNancy Stalk1986Psycho IIIMyrna1987Some Kind of Wonderful Gym teacher1988Dr. Margaret Inness1989Field of DreamsBeulah Gasnick1990Meet the ApplegatesNita Samson1992SneakersDr. Elena Rhyzkov1993Jack the BearMrs. Festinger1993My LifeCarol Sandman1994Reflections on a CrimeTina1995Dolly Tucker1996DrivenMarian1997Dante's PeakDr. Jane Fox2000Forever LuluLinda Davis2001LayoverBoone2001American Pie 2Natalie's Mom2002Mary Pat Foley2002Vice-Principal Bernard2002One Hour PhotoWaitress2004Johnson Family VacationBetty Sue2004Guarding EddyHelen2005A Lot Like LoveStewardess2005MortuaryRita2006Something NewMrs. Cahan2006Stick ItHead Vault Judge2008Just Add WaterPenny2008Pulse 2: AfterlifeAunt CarmenVideo2008Beverly Thacker2010A Buddy StorySusan's Mom2014SisterPrincipal Jacobs2014Gummy2014Paint2014Some Kind of BeautifulWendy2015SafelightDottie2015Band of RobbersLt. Polly2016Do You Take This ManEsther2016Her Last WillRuth2017House by the LakeDr. Llywelyn2018North BlvdLiz2018Christmas HarmonyDebbie2021The Little ThingsLandlady2021Candy Coated ChristmasKim WintersDiscovery+ film2026RedliningKatie GurneyTBABoy's NameElseePre-production
Television Year Title Role Notes1984JessiePatEpisode: "Valerie's Turn"1985Hill Street BluesMauraEpisodes: "Hacked to Pieces", "Seoul on Ice"1986StingrayAnneEpisode: "Below the Line"1987MatlockPaulaEpisode: "The Chef"1987Sledge Hammer!Dr. Sara Johanssen / MarkovichEpisode: "Comrade Hammer"1987AmenDominaEpisode: "Into the Night"1987L.A. LawRegina FurnaldEpisode: "Pigmalion"1987Student ExchangeMrs. WhitcomsTV film1987Family TiesBeth DavisEpisode: "Miracle in Columbus"1987–1988HoopermanGailEpisodes: "John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye", "The Naked and the Dead", "In Search of Bijoux"1988Down Delaware RoadJanet RhondaTV film1988WinnieGladysTV film1988Raising MirandaHelen LundquistEpisode: "Marcine Shoplifts"1989Murphy BrownShawneeEpisode: "It's How You Play the Game"1989HeartbeatJudy PellmanEpisode: "What the Inspector Saw"1989SeinfeldClaireEpisode: "Good News, Bad News"1989Cold Sassy TreeMary WillisTV film1989LindaEpisodes: "The Honeymooners", "Above and Beyond Therapy", "Private School"1989AngelicaEpisode: "Suites, Lies and Videotape"1989, 1991RoseanneCarole Karoszek / Karen MillerEpisodes: "Death and Stuff", "Santa Claus"1990Last Flight OutJanTV film1990Peggy BlankenshipTV film1990Bar GirlsShellyTV film1990When You Remember MeJoanneTV film1990–1991LennyShelly CallahanMain role1991Get a LifePattiEpisode: "Married"1991GinaTV film1991Who's the Boss?Ms. FosterEpisode: "Tony and Angela Get Divorced"1991Quantum LeapNurse ChatamEpisode: "Shock Theater"1991Posing: Inspired by Three Real StoriesJosetteTV film1991CoachBarbaraEpisode: "I Hate Barbara"1992Reasonable DoubtsMartine SullivanEpisode: "The Shadow of Death"1992BlossomSamyEpisode: "Whines and Misdemeanors"1992KirstenEpisode: "Home Again, Rose: Part 2"1992ShameTina FarrellTV film1992Arresting BehaviorConnie RuskinMain role1992When No One Would ListenLeeTV film1993Kiss of a KillerHelaineTV film1993Dying to Love YouRitaTV film1993SirensAnn HollingsEpisode: "Everybody Lies"1993Torch SongPhyllisTV film1993River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie KeeneJaniceTV film1993Love MattersNanTV film1993Anne WilliamsTV film1993Bakersfield P.D.Judy HamptonEpisode: "The Gift"1993Home ImprovementJoanie GrahamEpisode: "Feud for Thought"1994BirdlandDiane Van de VenEpisode: "Crazy for You"1994WingsViEpisode: "Exclusively Yours"1994WandaTV film1994PhenomMarla CaseyEpisode: "Just a Family of Doolans Sittin' Around Talkin'"1994Take Me Home AgainNellTV film1994Higher EducationFayeMain role1995See Jane RunCarole GarsonTV film1995FriendsRonni RapalonoEpisode: "The One with the Boobies"1995Whose Daughter Is She?AnnieTV film1995Bailey IzzyEpisode: "Emission Control"1995, 1997Grace Under FireEmilyEpisodes: "Matthew Gets Busted", "Matthew's Old Lady"1996Summer of FearWinnieTV film1996ChampsJeanetteEpisode: "Two of a Kind"1996ProfilerDr. Frances BarryEpisode: "Insight"1996Dark SkiesBetty HillEpisode: "The Awakening (Pilot)"1996TowniesKathy DonovanMain role1997Total SecurityKaren Des MoinesEpisode: "Wet Side Story"1997Nash BridgesJill ReichertEpisode: "Shake, Rattle & Roll"1997Chicago HopeCarol SardosEpisode: "The Lung and the Restless"1997, 1999, 2004NYPD BlueRosie DePaul / Lea Chambers / Margret LidzEpisodes: "Three Girls and a Baby", "Mister Roberts", "The Vision Thing"1998Carol WaltersEpisode: "Bulls and Bears"1998Maximum BobRosellen FortenotEpisode: "Bay of Big's"1998Martial LawJudge Mary RubenEpisode: "Cop Out"1999Can of WormsDana PillsburyTV film1999SnoopsAlicia Spitz GordonEpisode: "The Heartless Bitch"2000If These Walls Could Talk 2GeorgetteTV film, segment: '1972'2000Blood MoneyJeri WilliamsTV film2001Judging AmyDr. KemperEpisode: "The Undertow"2001Stranger InsideWarden ArnoldTV film2001TitusSueEpisode: "NASCAR"2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free ManLaura Lee KestesTV film2001Gideon's CrossingBarb PalmerEpisode: "Clinical Enigma"2002Touched by an AngelDr. JosephsEpisode: "Ship-in-a-Bottle"2002Buffy the Vampire SlayerJessica HarrisEpisode: "Hell's Bells"2002Once and AgainMs. ConwayEpisode: "Experience Is the Teacher"2002, 2005Six Feet UnderFiona KleinschmidtEpisodes: "Back to the Garden", "The Rainbow of Her Reasons"2002–2005EverwoodBrenda BaxworthRecurring role (seasons 1–3)2003AbbyJeanette MorrisEpisode: "Abby's First Date"2003Joan of ArcadiaCharlotte BloomEpisode: "Touch Move"2003DragnetMrs. PriceEpisode: "The Magic Bullet"2003Grounded for LifeLouiseEpisode: "Been Caught Stealing"2003, 2009CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMrs. Frommer / Mrs. BriggsEpisodes: "Forever", "The Lost Girls"2003, 2005–2006Alana WatermanEpisodes: "Red Haven's on Fire", "Here Today", "Welcome to Wherever You Are"2004Cold CaseCarol ProsserEpisode: "Late Returns"2004Evelyn ParrasEpisode: "Passing Time"2004Desperate HousewivesAlberta HolsteinEpisode: "Anything You Can Do"2004Will & GraceAnnetteEpisodes: "Queens for a Day: Parts 1 & 2"2004–20058 Simple RulesFran / LeslieEpisodes: "Mother's Day", "VolleyBrawl"2005NCISMary HanlanEpisode: "The Meat Puzzle"2005DetectiveBeatrice DoilTV film2005Grey's AnatomyFara LindenEpisode: "Deny, Deny, Deny"2005InvasionHelen ConradEpisode: "The Cradle"2006Big LoveGrace AnnEpisode: "Eviction"2006Close to HomeHannah TurleyEpisode: "A Father's Story"2007Big DayWendyEpisode: "The Ceremony"2007Crossing JordanDixieEpisode: "Night of the Living Dead"2007Two and a Half MenPeggyEpisode: "I Merely Slept with a Commie"2007What About BrianMonaEpisode: "What About Calling All Friends..."2007Boston LegalAlisa McKenzieEpisode: "Trial of the Century"2007Probation Officer CavanaughEpisode: "1.8709"2007–2008Jane FedleyEpisodes: "Operation Education", "Field of Dreams"2008MediumMarion WheelerEpisodes: "Wicked Game: Parts 1 & 2"2008BrenEpisode: "Baby on Board"2009Saving GraceSally MeekerEpisode: "Watch Siggybaby Burn"2009Mrs. Washington Goes to SmithJane BurnsTV film2009Nip/TuckBriggitte ReinholtEpisode: "Briggitte Reinholt"2009–2010SouthlandCathleen KerikEpisodes: "Sally in the Alley", "The Runner"2010FlashForwardCarleneEpisodes: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "The Negotiation"2010Lie to MeMrs. WalkerEpisode: "Beat the Devil"2010PsychEugeniaEpisode: "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is"2010Judge Amy ShapiroEpisode: "True Confessions"2011Good Luck CharlieMrs. KrumpEpisode: "Duncan vs. Duncan"2011Friends with BenefitsBillieEpisode: "The Benefit of Mardi Gras"2011–2012Ruth YitanesRecurring role (seasons 1–2)2012Betty FulfordEpisode: "Devil's Cherry"2012Emily Owens, M.D.Donna FisherEpisode: "Emily and... the Outbreak"2013Private PracticeStella PetersonEpisode: "Good Fries Are Hard to Come By"2013Sherry SpellmanEpisodes: "Calaca", "Rio", "Maria of the Desert"2013DadsJanetEpisode: "My Dad's Hotter Than Your Dad"2014SuburgatoryDorothyEpisode: "I'm Just Not That Into Me"2014LongmireRuthEpisode: "Of Children and Travelers"2014StalkerDep. Chief Diane KindrickEpisode: "Crazy for You"2014–2015MistressesEleanorGuest role (seasons 2–3)201540's and FailingRhonda BodesEpisode: "Statistics"2015Major CrimesJanet SloanEpisode: "Turn Down"2016iZombieMuriel FletcherEpisode: "Fifty Shades of Grey Matter"2016Childrens HospitalGeraldine PetersEpisode: "Through the Eyes of a Falcon"2016Elizabeth 'Bitsy' TateTV film2017DanaEpisode: "The Cock Barrens"2018Alexa & KatieLorettaEpisode: "Thanksgiving"2018BrokenDarleneTV series2022Dead to Me FrancineEpisode "We're Gonna Beat This Thing"2025Electric BloomEthelEpisode: "How We Learned to Love Our Haters"
Web series Year Title Role Notes2022On CinemaHerselfEpisode: "The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special"
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