Lee Garlington

ActorDirector Jul 20 (age 72) Teaneck, New Jersey, USA 1981–2025 (44 year career)

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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, J…

Known For

Film

American Pie 2

Natalie's Mom

Film

Field of Dreams

Beulah Gasnick

Film

Prayers for Bobby

Psychologist

Film

The Little Things

Landlady

Film

One Hour Photo

Waitress

Film

The Hot Chick

Vice Principal Bernard

Film

A Lot Like Love

Stewardess

Film

The Sum of All Fears

Mary Pat Foley

Filmography

Acting (184)

Movies (94)

SEGAL

2025

as Self

The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special

2022

as Herself

The Little Things

2021

as Landlady

6.3

Candy Coated Christmas

2021

as Kim Winters

6.2

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

as Self - Actress

Christmas Harmony

as Debbie

Do You Take This Man

as Esther

House by the Lake

as Dr. Llywelyn

Band of Robbers

as Lt. Polly

Married by Christmas

as Bitsy Tate

Her Last Will

as Ruth

Safelight

as Dottie

Some Kind of Beautiful

as Wendy

Mockingbird

as Leonard's Mom

Sister

as Principal Jacobs

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

as Gummy

The Extendables

as Paint

North Blvd

as Liz

A Buddy Story

2010

as Susan's Mom

The Psycho Legacy

as Self

Prayers for Bobby

as Psychologist

Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith

as Jane Burns

Just Add Water

as Penny

The Coverup

as Beeverly Thacker

Pulse 2: Afterlife

as Aunt Carmen

Forfeit

Something New

as Mrs. Cahan

Akeelah and the Bee

as Regional Judge

Stick It

as Head Vault Judge

Mrs. Harris

as Tarnower's Ex #2

Mortuary

as Rita

A Lot Like Love

as Stewardess

American Gun

as Psychologist

Partner(s)

as Dave's Mom

Johnson Family Vacation

as Betty Sue

Guarding Eddy

as Helen

The Hot Chick

as Vice Principal Bernard

The Sum of All Fears

as Mary Pat Foley

One Hour Photo

as Waitress

Lovely & Amazing

as Jordan's Mom

American Pie 2

as Natalie's Mom

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

2001

as Laura Lee Curtis

6.3

Layover

2001

as Public Defender Boone

Stranger Inside

as Warden Arnold

Forever Lulu

as Linda Davis

Boys and Girls

as L.A. Flight Attendant

5.9

If These Walls Could Talk 2

2000

as Georgette

6.5

Freak Talks About Sex

as Nichole's Mom

Can of Worms

as Pamela Pillsbury

Driven

as Marian Pelton

Virtual Obsession

Dante's Peak

as Dr. Jane Fox

Summer of Fear

as Winnie

Dark Skies

as Betty Hill

The Babysitter

as Dolly Tucker

See Jane Run

as Carole Garson

Whose Daughter is She?

as Annie

The Yarn Princess

as Wanda

Reflections on a Crime

1994

as Tina

3.9

The Conviction of Kitty Dodds

1993

as Anne Williams

My Life

as Carol Sandman

Dying to Love You

as Rita

Love Matters

as Nan

Jack the Bear

as Mrs. Festinger

Kiss of a Killer

as Helene

Torch Song

as Phyllis

River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

as Janice

Sneakers

as Dr. Elena Rhyzkov

When No One Would Listen

1992

as Lee

Shame

as Tina Farrell

Honor Thy Mother

The Whereabouts of Jenny

1991

as Gina

6.0

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

as Josette

Meet the Applegates

as Nita Samson

When You Remember Me

as Joanne

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

as Peggy Blankenship

4.8

Last Flight Out

1990

as Jan

Bar Girls

1990

as Shelley

Field of Dreams

1989

as Beulah Gasnick

7.1

Oh No, Not Them

1989

as Robin/Myriam

Three Fugitives

as Woman Cop

Cold Sassy Tree

as Mary Willis

Hell Comes to Frogtown

1988

as Briefing Officer

5.5

The Seventh Sign

1988

as Dr. Margaret Inness

6.0

Some Kind of Wonderful

as Gym Instructor

Student Exchange

as Mrs. Whitcoms

Murder Ordained

as Lorna's Friend

In the Mood

as "Schlitz" Waitress

Psycho III

as Myrna

Cobra

as Nancy Stalk

Do You Remember Love

as Second Mother

Overnight Sensation

as Sales Girl

Psycho II

as Myrna

Carbon Copy

as (uncredited)

Television (90)

Electric Bloom

2025

as Ethel

8.7

P-Valley

2020

as Georgia Anne "Georgie" Batson

Dead to Me

as Nurse Francine

The Good Doctor

as Joan

The Magicians

as Dana

Stalker

as Diane Kindrick

Extant

as Principal

Mistresses

as Eleanor

Longmire

as Ruth

Emily Owens, M.D.

as Donna Fisher

Suburgatory

as Dorothy

Friends with Benefits

as Billie

Good Luck Charlie

as Mrs. Krump

Southland

as Cathleen Kerik

FlashForward

as Carlene

The Mentalist

as Betty Fulford

90210

as Judge

Childrens Hospital

as Geraldine Peters

Private Practice

as Stella Peterson

Saving Grace

as Sally Meeker

The Riches

Psych

as Eugenia

Big Love

as Grace Ann

What About Brian

as Mona

Big Day

Grey's Anatomy

as Fara Linden

Medium

as Marion Wheeler

Close to Home

as Hannah Turley

Invasion

Desperate Housewives

as Alberta Holstein

Boston Legal

as Alisa McKenzie

NCIS

as Mary Hanlan

Two and a Half Men

as Peggy

Cold Case

as Carol Prosser

Nip/Tuck

as Briggitte Reinholt

Joan of Arcadia

as Charlotte Bloom

All of Us

Abby

Everwood

as Brenda Baxworth

8 Simple Rules

as Fran

Crossing Jordan

as Dixie

Six Feet Under

as Fiona Kleinschmidt

Grounded for Life

as Louise

The Division

as Jinny's Psychiatrist

7.1

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mrs. Frommer

Strong Medicine

as Cammie's Mother

The District

as Nancy's Mother

Titus

as Sue

The West Wing

as Alana Waterman

Judging Amy

as Dr. Kemper

Once and Again

Snoops

as Alicia Spitz

Martial Law

as Judge Mary Ruben

Will & Grace

as Annette

Maximum Bob

as Rosellen Fortenot

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Jessica Harris

The Practice

as Joel's Attorney

Nash Bridges

as Jill Reichert

7th Heaven

as Prevaricator

Profiler

as Dr. Frances Barry

Dark Skies

Townies

as Kathy Donovan

Friends

as Ronni

Chicago Hope

as Carol Sardos

Touched by an Angel

as Dr. Josephs

NYPD Blue

as Rosie DePaul

Grace Under Fire

as Emily

Bakersfield P.D.

as Judy Hampton

Arresting Behavior

as Connie Ruskin

Home Improvement

as Joanie Graham

Good & Evil

Wings

as Vi

Get a Life

as Angelica

Lenny

Seinfeld

as Claire

Coach

as Barbara

Quantum Leap

as Nurse Chatam

The Nutt House

as Angelica

Murphy Brown

as Shawnee

Roseanne

Hooperman

as Gail

L.A. Law

as Regina Furnald

Matlock

as Paula

Sledge Hammer!

The Golden Girls

as Kirsten Adams

Stingray

Who's the Boss?

Automan

Family Ties

as Beth Davis

Hill Street Blues

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

P.A.N.I.C. in Griffith Park

1987

Director