Alison La Placa

Alison La Placa

Born: December 16, 1959
in New Jersey, USA
Born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Chicago, Alison La Placa received a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University and received extensive training in classical piano and voice. She has starred on stage in regional productions of the musicals "Dames at Sea" and "Company", as well as the Los Angeles Cast Theatre's production of "Strider". She is best known for her role as snobbish yuppie Linda Phillips on the situation comedy Duet (1987) and its spin-off Open House (1989). She resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, actor/director Philip Charles MacKenzie (her co-star on "Open House"). In her spare time, La Placa enjoys playing classical piano and traveling to Italy.

Movies for Alison La Placa...

Title: Mom
Character: Louanne
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
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Title: Up All Night
Character: Gail Reinhold
Released: September 14, 2011
Type: TV
An irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.
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Title: Lie to Me
Character: Diane Ktretschmer
Released: January 21, 2009
Type: TV
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
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Title: 'Til Death
Character: Beth
Released: September 7, 2006
Type: TV
A comedy about the triumphs and tribulations of marriage and friendship from very different perspectives. It's about the funny – and sometimes annoying – things that happen between husbands, wives, parents, children, neighbors and friends day after day after day. The show focuses on Eddie and Joy Stark, a couple married for 23 years who live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Mrs. Nolston
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Title: Desperate Housewives
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Andrea Michele
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: The O.C.
Character: Dr. James
Released: August 5, 2003
Type: TV
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Mary Whitman
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: TV
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Barbara
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: TV
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Carolyn Fulton
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Title: Friends
Character: Joanna
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
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Title: ER
Character: Female Lawyer
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Title: Duckman
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: TV
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic. Klasky Csupo animated the series and produced it along with Reno & Osborn Productions for Paramount Network Television.
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Title: Tom
Character: Dorothy Graham
Released: March 2, 1994
Type: TV
Tom is an American sitcom which premiered in mid-season 1994 on CBS. Tom was cancelled after eleven episodes.
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Title: The John Larroquette Show
Character: Catherine Merrick
Released: September 2, 1993
Type: TV
The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.
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Title: The Jackie Thomas Show
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: TV
The Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention due to its creators Roseanne Arnold, then starring in the fifth season of her top-rated comedy Roseanne, and her husband and Roseanne co-producer Tom Arnold. The Jackie Thomas Show starred Tom Arnold as a misanthropic sitcom actor.
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Baby-Doll (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Title: Stat
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: TV
Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.
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Title: Stat
Character: Dr. Elizabeth Newberry
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: TV
Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.
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MadHouse
Title: MadHouse
Character: Claudia
Released: February 16, 1990
Type: Movie
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.
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Title: Open House
Character: Linda Phillips
Released: August 27, 1989
Type: TV
Open House is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The series is a spin-off of the Fox series Duet. Despite airing right after the Top 50 hit Married...with Children on Sundays, the series attracted low ratings, thus Fox canceled the show after 24 episodes.
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Title: Duet
Character: Linda Phillips
Released: April 19, 1987
Type: TV
Duet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987 to August 20, 1989. The series stars Matthew Laurance as Ben Coleman, Mary Page Keller as Laura Kelly, Chris Lemmon as Richard Phillips, and Alison LaPlaca as Linda Phillips. The series was created by Ruth Bennett and Susan Seeger, and was produced by Paramount Television.
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Second Serve
Title: Second Serve
Character: Nightclub Singer
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Title: Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Character: Janet Landry
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.
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Fletch
Title: Fletch
Character: Pan Am Clerk
Released: May 31, 1985
Type: Movie
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
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Title: Brothers
Character: Annie Todson
Released: July 13, 1984
Type: TV
Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.
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Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Title: Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Character: Diane
Released: March 9, 1984
Type: Movie
Aliens land in the mythical town of "Speelburgh, U.S.A" searching for the source of rock & roll. What they find is a gang of teenagers, led by Dee Dee and Frankie, along with Frankie's posse/rock band, the Pack. The leader of the aliens takes a shine to Dee Dee and all sorts of trouble breaks out.
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Diner
Title: Diner
Character: Elyse
Released: August 8, 1983
Type: Movie
This pilot for a TV version of the critically acclaimed feature Diner (1982) focused on the complaints of the wives, Elyse and Beth, that their husbands were spending too much time hanging at the diner with their friends.
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Listen to Your Heart
Title: Listen to Your Heart
Character: Lynn
Released: January 4, 1983
Type: Movie
This romantic melodrama features a book editor falling in love with his art director.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Joan Kendall
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Barbara
Released: September 22, 1982
Type: TV
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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Title: Fame
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.