Happy 80th, Linda Lavin!

There's a not-so-new girl in town — but she's lookin' good!

It's hard to believe the amazing Linda Lavin is turning 80 — she's still so active on the stage, on TV and in film that she's helping to redefine our image of octogenarian stars.

Lavin has been acting on Broadway since the early '60s, when she debuted in A Family Affair with stars Shelley Berman (1925-2017) and Eileen Heckart (1919-2001). Her star rose in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman (1966), and she scored her first Tony nomination for 1969's Last of the Red Hot Lovers, a Neil Simon (b. 1927) comedy with James Coco (1930-1987), Doris Roberts (1925-2016) and Marcia Rodd (b. 1940).

Dazzling on The Mary Tyler Moore Hour in 1979 (Image via CBS)

She made her TV debut in a production of Damn Yankees (1967) starring Phil Silvers (1911-1985).

As Alice (Image via CBS)

After several TV gigs, she scored the titular role on Alice (1976-1985), a working-class sitcom based on the award-winning 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show ran for nine seasons, making Lavin a household name and providing her with a vehicle on which she could show off her comedic and dramatic acting abiliites, as well as her top-notch singing voice — she even sang the memorable theme song.

"She changed my life," Lavin said of her TV character at a cabaret performance in 2013.

Over the years, Lavin has made many noteworthy appearances on TV and a few in films, but her biggest impact continues to be onstage, including her other Tony-nominated performances, in Broadway Bound (1986), for which she won; The Diary of Anne Frank (1997), The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000), Collected Stories (2009) and The Lyons (2011).

Lavin in 2014 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund)

Lavin continues to perform, never slowing down!

Check out this 2014 review of a donors-only performance Lavin gave in NYC, and don't miss the following Lavin parody by Andrea Martin (b. 1947):

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